Information about the package, samba4, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The samba4 package is designed for, Server and Client software to interoperate with Windows machines.
Package Name:
samba4
Summary:
Server and Client software to interoperate with Windows machines
Description:
Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.10
Release:
12.el6_9
Size:
428 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
Control the samba4 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install samba4
This command will install samba4 on the server.
yum remove samba4
This command will un-install samba4 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove samba4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove samba4
This command will un-install samba4 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove samba4 when using the -y flag.
yum update samba4
This command will update samba4 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove samba4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update samba4
This command will update samba4 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove samba4 when using the -y flag.
yum info samba4
This command will show you core information about the samba4 package.
yum deplist samba4
This command will show you the dependencies for samba4. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update samba4
This command will check if there is an update waiting on samba4. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.