How To Install libident-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libident-devel on CentOS 7.
What is libident-devel
LibIdent is a small C library for interfacing with RFC 1413 Identification protocol servers, which are used for identifying users. LibIdent supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses transparently. It is meant to be used by daemons to try to authenticate users using the Ident protocol. For this to work, users need to have an Ident server running on the system from which they are connected. The libident-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libident.
We can use yum or dnf to install libident-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libident-devel.
Install libident-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 libident-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libident-devel
Install libident-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 libident-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libident-devel
How To Uninstall libident-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libident-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libident-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libident-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
