How To Install python-kerberos on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kerberos on CentOS 7.
What is python-kerberos
This Python package is a high-level wrapper for Kerberos (GSSAPI) operations. The goal is to avoid having to build a module that wraps the entire Kerberos.framework, and instead offer a limited set of functions that do what is needed for client/serverKerberos authentication based on <http Much of the C-code here is adapted from Apache’s mod_auth_kerb-5.0rc7.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-kerberos on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-kerberos.
Install python-kerberos on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-kerberos using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-kerberos
Install python-kerberos 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 python-kerberos using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-kerberos
How To Uninstall python-kerberos on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-kerberos package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-kerberos
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kerberos on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
