How To Install nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 is Freebl library for the Network Security Services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64`

NSS Softoken Cryptographic Module Freebl Library Install the nss-softokn-freebl package if you need the freebl library.

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

Install nss-softokn-freebl.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 nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64

How To Uninstall nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64

nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/prelink.conf.d
/etc/prelink.conf.d/nss-softokn-prelink.conf
/usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/50-nss-softokn.conf
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/05nss-softokn
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/05nss-softokn/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.chk
/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so
/usr/lib64/libfreeblpriv3.chk
/usr/lib64/libfreeblpriv3.so

References

nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.