How To Install libkadm5 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkadm5 on CentOS 7. libkadm5 is Kerberos 5 Administrative libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkadm5 on CentOS 7.

What is libkadm5

Kerberos is a network authentication system. The libkadm5 package contains the libkadm5clnt and libkadm5serv shared objects, for use ONLY by kerberos itself. Do not depend on this package. Kerberos is a network authentication system. The libkadm5 package contains the libkadm5clnt and libkadm5serv shared objects, for use ONLY by kerberos itself. Do not depend on this package.

We can use yum or dnf to install libkadm5 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libkadm5.

Install libkadm5 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libkadm5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libkadm5

Install libkadm5 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 libkadm5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libkadm5

How To Uninstall libkadm5 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libkadm5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libkadm5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkadm5 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.