How To Install kstart on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstart on AlmaLinux 8.
What is kstart
k5start is a modified version of kinit which can use keytabs to authenticate, can run as a daemon and wake up periodically to refresh a ticket, and can run single commands with its own authentication credentials and refresh those credentials until the command exits.
We can use yum or dnf to install kstart on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kstart.
Install kstart on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install kstart using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kstart
Install kstart on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install kstart using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kstart
How To Uninstall kstart on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the kstart package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kstart
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstart on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
