How To Install samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. samba-client.x86_64 is Samba client programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is samba-client.x86_64

The samba-client package provides some SMB/CIFS clients to complement the built-in SMB/CIFS filesystem in Linux. These clients allow access of SMB/CIFS shares and printing to SMB/CIFS printers.

We can use yum to install samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samba-client.x86_64.

Install samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install samba-client.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-client.x86_64

How To Uninstall samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the samba-client.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove samba-client.x86_64

samba-client.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/cifsdd
/usr/bin/dbwrap_tool
/usr/bin/findsmb
/usr/bin/mvxattr
/usr/bin/nmblookup
/usr/bin/oLschema2ldif
/usr/bin/regdiff
/usr/bin/regpatch
/usr/bin/regshell
/usr/bin/regtree
/usr/bin/rpcclient
/usr/bin/samba-regedit
/usr/bin/sharesec
/usr/bin/smbcacls
/usr/bin/smbclient
/usr/bin/smbcquotas
/usr/bin/smbget
/usr/bin/smbprint
/usr/bin/smbspool
/usr/bin/smbtar
/usr/bin/smbtree
/usr/libexec/samba
/usr/libexec/samba/cups_backend_smb
/usr/share/man/man1/dbwrap_tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/findsmb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/log2pcap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mvxattr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nmblookup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oLschema2ldif.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/regdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/regpatch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/regshell.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/regtree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpcclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sharesec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbcacls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbcquotas.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbget.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbtar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbtree.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smbgetrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/traffic_learner.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/traffic_replay.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cifsdd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/samba-regedit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbspool.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-client.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.