How To Install nss-util on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-util on Rocky Linux 8. nss-util is Network Security Services Utilities Library

Introduction

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

What is `nss-util`

Utilities for Network Security Services and the Softoken module

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

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

sudo dnf -y install nss-util

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

sudo yum -y install nss-util

How To Uninstall nss-util on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nss-util

nss-util Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/65aeaa49abe7ab96fe5ccb0bb3b8952843a738
/usr/lib64/libnssutil3.so
/usr/share/licenses/nss-util
/usr/share/licenses/nss-util/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/d2f1ac6676f0e594a4d0c23c315336915c526d
/usr/lib/libnssutil3.so
/usr/share/licenses/nss-util
/usr/share/licenses/nss-util/COPYING

References

nss-util website

Summary

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