How To Install samba-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-devel on CentOS 7. samba-devel is Developer tools for Samba libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-devel on CentOS 7.

What is samba-devel

The samba-devel package contains the header files for the libraries needed to develop programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other libraries in the Samba suite. The samba-devel package contains the header files for the libraries needed to develop programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other libraries in the Samba suite.

We can use yum or dnf to install samba-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-devel.

Install samba-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-devel

Install samba-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samba-devel

How To Uninstall samba-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the samba-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove samba-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.