How To Install samba-client on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is samba-client
The samba-client package provides some SMB/CIFS clients to complement the built-in SMB/CIFS filesystem in Linux. These clients allow access of SMB/CIFS shares and printing to SMB/CIFS printers.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install samba-client
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-client.
Install samba-client on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samba-client
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samba-client
Install samba-client on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samba-client
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samba-client
How To Uninstall samba-client on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the samba-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samba-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.