How To Install libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libnsl2-devel is Development files for libnsl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libnsl2-devel

Development files for libnsl2

We can use yum or dnf to install libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl2-devel.

Install libnsl2-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 libnsl2-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnsl2-devel

Install libnsl2-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 libnsl2-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnsl2-devel

How To Uninstall libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libnsl2-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnsl2-devel

libnsl2-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/rpcsvc
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_callback.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_callback.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_object.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_tags.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nislib.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp_prot.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/ypclnt.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yppasswd.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yppasswd.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/ypupd.h
/usr/lib/libnsl.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnsl.pc
/usr/include/rpcsvc
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_callback.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_callback.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_object.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nis_tags.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/nislib.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yp_prot.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/ypclnt.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yppasswd.h
/usr/include/rpcsvc/yppasswd.x
/usr/include/rpcsvc/ypupd.h
/usr/lib64/libnsl.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libnsl.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.