How To Install lua-ldap on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ldap on CentOS 7.
What is lua-ldap
LuaLDAP is a simple interface from Lua to an LDAP client. It enables a Lua program to * Connect to an LDAP server; * Execute any operation (search, add, compare, delete, modify and rename); * Retrieve entries and references of the search result.
We can use yum or dnf to install lua-ldap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-ldap.
Install lua-ldap on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lua-ldap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lua-ldap
Install lua-ldap 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 lua-ldap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lua-ldap
How To Uninstall lua-ldap on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lua-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lua-ldap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ldap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
