How To Install nss-softokn on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn on Rocky Linux 8. nss-softokn is Network Security Services Softoken Module

Introduction

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

What is nss-softokn

Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module

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

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

sudo dnf -y install nss-softokn

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

sudo yum -y install nss-softokn

How To Uninstall nss-softokn on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nss-softokn

nss-softokn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/86bc1483c6d33b4668ab406939748b0ccc8e5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/c777ad7306232b1259bdfd29fe0e80ff72bdc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/1f704c11852dd5b2c0070ff27fbf2152552724
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/10eb3d93243a467012c519df607e92a4906561
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/9d649908cc0ea3e60650780361a47e5d8001ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/e7c9e686bc4bc820d72d1c792252106b01db7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/e284886f39dddef037804b37e497ddde318e69
/usr/lib/libnssdbm3.chk
/usr/lib/libnssdbm3.so
/usr/lib/libsoftokn3.chk
/usr/lib/libsoftokn3.so
/usr/lib/nss
/usr/lib/nss/saved
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/bltest
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/ecperf
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/fbectest
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/fipstest
/usr/lib/nss/unsupported-tools/shlibsign
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/8a1ca7689ababb51d2ba9921fcb400e9110059
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/3f43305efdba89b4858e77d11e2a4024a58a96
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/ef03fb5a9d863c4a6c4a9a051d6989ee404e6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/88a271e6142edacb8843ea6c5a452bd4bdddc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/522cb79e85895f68db17da1d575ab39f96608c
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/d3182b30e55ce2b8242d68eb87d9336ad2ad65
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/b63fd015fa4bbadcb240ef31899cc4e8b0c447
/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.chk
/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so
/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.chk
/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so
/usr/lib64/nss
/usr/lib64/nss/saved
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/bltest
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/ecperf
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/fbectest
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/fipstest
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/shlibsign

References

Summary

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