How To Install remove-ds.pl on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install 389-ds-base

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install 389-ds-base

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is remove-ds.pl and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install remove-ds.pl on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install remove-ds.pl on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install remove-ds.pl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install 389-ds-base

Install remove-ds.pl on CentOS 8 using yum

Because remove-ds.pl is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install remove-ds.pl package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install 389-ds-base

How to upgrade (update) a single package remove-ds.pl using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like remove-ds.pl in this example you should use the following command:

yum update 389-ds-base

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade 389-ds-base

How to Upgrade remove-ds.pl on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update 389-ds-base

How To remove remove-ds.pl from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the remove-ds.pl package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove 389-ds-base

Extra info and code examples

Based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), the 389 Directory Server is designed to manage large directories of users and resources robustly and scalably. Its key features include: * four-way multi-master replication; * great scalability; * extensive documentation; * Active Directory user and group synchronization; * secure authentication and transport; * support for LDAPv3; * graphical management console; * on-line, zero downtime update of schema, configuration, and in-tree Access Control Information.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install remove-ds.pl using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the remove-ds.pl from CentOS 8.

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