How To Install samba-common-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install samba-common-tools.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. samba-common-tools.x86_64 is Tools for Samba servers and clients

Introduction

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

What is `samba-common-tools.x86_64`

The samba-common-tools package contains tools for Samba servers and SMB/CIFS clients.

We can use yum to install samba-common-tools.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-common-tools.x86_64.

Install samba-common-tools.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-common-tools.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samba-common-tools.x86_64

How To Uninstall samba-common-tools.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove samba-common-tools.x86_64

samba-common-tools.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/net
/usr/bin/pdbedit
/usr/bin/profiles
/usr/bin/smbcontrol
/usr/bin/smbpasswd
/usr/bin/testparm
/usr/share/man/man1/profiles.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smbcontrol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/testparm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pdbedit.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/smbpasswd.8.gz

References

samba-common-tools.x86_64 website

Summary

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