How To Install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8. libsmbclient is The SMB client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libsmbclient

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

We can use yum or dnf to install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libsmbclient.

Install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libsmbclient

Install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libsmbclient

How To Uninstall libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsmbclient

libsmbclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/b83f9cf2c8d015e9552b7a136114298795fac9
/usr/lib/libsmbclient.so.0
/usr/lib/libsmbclient.so.0.7.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/15369ddcfb6e1deb26fb92a4aa365227bb249a
/usr/lib64/libsmbclient.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsmbclient.so.0.7.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmbclient on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.