How To Install samba-pidl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-pidl on CentOS 7. samba-pidl is Perl IDL compiler

Introduction

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

What is `samba-pidl`

The samba-pidl package contains the Perl IDL compiler used by Samba and Wireshark to parse IDL and similar protocols

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

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

sudo yum -y install samba-pidl

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

sudo dnf -y install samba-pidl

How To Uninstall samba-pidl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove samba-pidl

References

samba-pidl website

Summary

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