How To Install samba-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-libs on CentOS 7. samba-libs is Samba libraries

Introduction

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

What is samba-libs

The samba-libs package contains the libraries needed by programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other protocols provided by the Samba suite. The samba-libs package contains the libraries needed by programs that link against the SMB, RPC and other protocols provided by the Samba suite.

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

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

sudo yum -y install samba-libs

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

sudo dnf -y install samba-libs

How To Uninstall samba-libs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove samba-libs

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Summary

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