How To Install nss_db.i686 on Amazon Linux 2
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_db.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. nss_db.i686 is Name Service Switch (NSS) module using hash-indexed files
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_db.i686
on Amazon Linux 2.
What is nss_db.i686
The nss_db Name Service Switch module uses hash-indexed files in /var/db to speed up user, group, service, host name, and other NSS-based lookups.
We can use yum
to install nss_db.i686
on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss_db.i686.
Install nss_db.i686 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_db.i686
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nss_db.i686
How To Uninstall nss_db.i686 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the nss_db.i686
package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove nss_db.i686
nss_db.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/lib/libnss_db-2.26.so
/lib/libnss_db.so.2
/var/db/Makefile
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_db.i686
on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.