How To Install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7. lcmaps-common-devel is LCMAPS plug-in API header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7.

What is `lcmaps-common-devel`

The Local Centre MAPping Service (LCMAPS) is a security middleware component that processes the users Grid credentials (typically X.509 proxy certificates and VOMS attributes) and maps the user to a local account based on the site local policy. This package contains the header files and interface definitions for client applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lcmaps-common-devel.

Install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lcmaps-common-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lcmaps-common-devel

Install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lcmaps-common-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lcmaps-common-devel

How To Uninstall lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lcmaps-common-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lcmaps-common-devel

References

lcmaps-common-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lcmaps-common-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.