How To Install libvirt-nss on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-nss on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-nss is Libvirt plugin for Name Service Switch

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-nss on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libvirt-nss

Libvirt plugin for NSS for translating domain names into IP addresses.

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

Install libvirt-nss 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 libvirt-nss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-nss

Install libvirt-nss 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 libvirt-nss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-nss

How To Uninstall libvirt-nss on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-nss package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-nss

libvirt-nss Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/d55ce1894853f1b2e33eed884c9a56192313d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/12c8a05317bd186eced5d6362cf627039b6bfd
/usr/lib64/libnss_libvirt.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnss_libvirt_guest.so.2

References

Summary

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