How To Install jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install jss.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. jss.x86_64 is Java Security Services (JSS)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `jss.x86_64`

Java Security Services (JSS) is a java native interface which provides a bridge for java-based applications to use native Network Security Services (NSS). This only works with gcj. Other JREs require that JCE providers be signed.

We can use yum to install jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jss.x86_64.

Install jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install jss.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jss.x86_64

How To Uninstall jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the jss.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove jss.x86_64

jss.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/java/jss4.jar
/usr/lib64/jss/jss4.jar
/usr/lib64/jss/libjss4.so
/usr/share/doc/jss-4.4.9
/usr/share/doc/jss-4.4.9/MPL-1.1.txt
/usr/share/doc/jss-4.4.9/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/jss-4.4.9/jss.html
/usr/share/doc/jss-4.4.9/lgpl.txt

References

jss.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jss.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.