How To Install samba-client on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-client.
Install samba-client on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install samba-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samba-client
Install samba-client 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 samba-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samba-client
How To Uninstall samba-client on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the samba-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samba-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
