How To Install libwbclient on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is libwbclient

The libwbclient package contains the winbind client library from the Samba suite. The libwbclient package contains the winbind client library from the Samba suite.

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

Install libwbclient on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libwbclient

Install libwbclient 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 libwbclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwbclient

How To Uninstall libwbclient on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libwbclient

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Summary

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