How To Install libsmbclient on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on CentOS 7. libsmbclient is The SMB client library

Introduction

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

What is libsmbclient

The libsmbclient contains the SMB client library from the Samba suite. The libsmbclient contains the SMB client library from the Samba suite.

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

Install libsmbclient on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libsmbclient

Install libsmbclient 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 libsmbclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsmbclient

How To Uninstall libsmbclient on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libsmbclient

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Summary

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