How To Install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is glibc-nss-devel
The glibc-nss-devel package contains the object files necessary to compile applications and libraries which directly link against NSS modules supplied by glibc. This is a rare and special use case; regular development has to use the glibc-devel package instead.
We can use yum or dnf to install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glibc-nss-devel.
Install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-nss-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glibc-nss-devel
Install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glibc-nss-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glibc-nss-devel
How To Uninstall glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the glibc-nss-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glibc-nss-devel
glibc-nss-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/libnss_compat.so
/usr/lib/libnss_db.so
/usr/lib/libnss_dns.so
/usr/lib/libnss_files.so
/usr/lib/libnss_hesiod.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_compat.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_db.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_dns.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_files.so
/usr/lib64/libnss_hesiod.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-nss-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
