How To Install libwbclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libwbclient

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

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

Install libwbclient 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 libwbclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwbclient

Install libwbclient 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 libwbclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwbclient

How To Uninstall libwbclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libwbclient

libwbclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/6da56b2295afffe7c983831948ed80acca7971
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/1b7118897054863058b8a5cd5e0f3b5863f165
/usr/lib64/samba/libwinbind-client-samba4.so
/usr/lib64/samba/wbclient/libwbclient.so.0
/usr/lib64/samba/wbclient/libwbclient.so.0.15
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/561ccece24f7f0f6a58844f2ebf276389ea1a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/9a95936082f9e86da53ddcb20b930a2ee2a4f5
/usr/lib/samba/libwinbind-client-samba4.so
/usr/lib/samba/wbclient/libwbclient.so.0
/usr/lib/samba/wbclient/libwbclient.so.0.15

References

Summary

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