How To Install wsdd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd on AlmaLinux 8.
What is wsdd
wsdd implements a Web Service Discovery host daemon. This enables (Samba) hosts, like your local NAS device, to be found by Web Service Discovery Clients like Windows.
We can use yum or dnf to install wsdd on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wsdd.
Install wsdd 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 wsdd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wsdd
Install wsdd 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 wsdd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wsdd
How To Uninstall wsdd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the wsdd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wsdd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.