How To Install libsss_sudo on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsss_sudo on Rocky Linux 8. libsss_sudo is A library to allow communication between SUDO and SSSD

Introduction

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

What is `libsss_sudo`

A utility library to allow communication between SUDO and SSSD

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

Install libsss_sudo 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 libsss_sudo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsss_sudo

Install libsss_sudo 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 libsss_sudo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsss_sudo

How To Uninstall libsss_sudo on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsss_sudo

libsss_sudo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/ed89a7432d564540c4db0bb1503d40d85dd2ff
/usr/lib64/libsss_sudo.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/69e766df356414cc614eb584e2aea30ee95509
/usr/lib64/libsss_sudo.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo/COPYING

References

libsss_sudo website

Summary

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