How to Install and Uninstall sudo.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "sudo.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install sudo.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                sudo.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sudo.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sudo.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                sudo.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sudo.x86_64 package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : sudo
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.8.23
Release : 10.el7_9.1
Size : 3.0 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : Allows restricted root access for specified users
URL : http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
License : ISC
Description : Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain
: users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all)
: commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo
: operates on a per-command basis. It is not a replacement for the
: shell. Features include: the ability to restrict what commands a
: user may run on a per-host basis, copious logging of each command
: (providing a clear audit trail of who did what), a configurable
: timeout of the sudo command, and the ability to use the same
: configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.