How To Install nss-sysinit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-sysinit on Rocky Linux 8. nss-sysinit is System NSS Initialization

Introduction

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

What is `nss-sysinit`

Default Operating System module that manages applications loading NSS globally on the system. This module loads the system defined PKCS #11 modules for NSS and chains with other NSS modules to load any system or user configured modules.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install nss-sysinit

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

sudo yum -y install nss-sysinit

How To Uninstall nss-sysinit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nss-sysinit

nss-sysinit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/setup-nsssysinit
/usr/bin/setup-nsssysinit.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/967db1f8dc872dad99159fb25b3c982766bee3
/usr/lib64/libnsssysinit.so
/usr/share/man/man1/setup-nsssysinit.1.gz

References

nss-sysinit website

Summary

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