How To Install libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8. libnfsidmap is NFSv4 User and Group ID Mapping Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libnfsidmap

Library that handles mapping between names and ids for NFSv4.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnfsidmap.

Install libnfsidmap 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 libnfsidmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnfsidmap

Install libnfsidmap 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 libnfsidmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnfsidmap

How To Uninstall libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libnfsidmap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnfsidmap

libnfsidmap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/idmapd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/9e8188f902559b6e258bcb0625d8062de65ff0
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/1894ffd093a3a59e2ac852ab5ac6594a880371
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/db4f4262a9d7ca7bbd46a943463a7965e925ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/58daa1640e5ed97966f65072ea13c3df9040e7
/usr/lib/libnfsidmap.so.1
/usr/lib/libnfsidmap.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libnfsidmap/nsswitch.so
/usr/lib/libnfsidmap/static.so
/usr/lib/libnfsidmap/umich_ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/README
/etc/idmapd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/e0faa92f69e3ef265bb6d54cff464201cfb60c
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/eb77e6ff41d005e97f84b4d54c2c6e394d4bfc
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/9b6c0899c085c36cdcc7a138b2f5b490e3b825
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/3a3131b11c3bb35463fbd0e42f312b27c71782
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap.so.1
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/nsswitch.so
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/static.so
/usr/lib64/libnfsidmap/umich_ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libnfsidmap/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfsidmap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.