How To Install python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8. python2-kerberos is A high-level wrapper for Kerberos (GSSAPI) operations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python2-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/server Kerberos authentication based on <http

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-kerberos.

Install python2-kerberos 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 python2-kerberos using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-kerberos

Install python2-kerberos 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 python2-kerberos using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-kerberos

How To Uninstall python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-kerberos package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-kerberos

python2-kerberos Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/22c774bda7249b79e016a999b213ac828e847d
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos-1.3.0-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos-1.3.0-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos-1.3.0-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos-1.3.0-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos-1.3.0-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kerberos.so
/usr/share/doc/python2-kerberos
/usr/share/doc/python2-kerberos/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-kerberos
/usr/share/licenses/python2-kerberos/LICENSE

References

python2-kerberos website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-kerberos on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.