How To Install ykclient on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ykclient on CentOS 7. ykclient is Yubikey management library and client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ykclient on CentOS 7.

What is ykclient

commandline for yubikeys

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

Install ykclient on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ykclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ykclient

Install ykclient 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 ykclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ykclient

How To Uninstall ykclient on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ykclient package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ykclient

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Summary

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