How To Install nss_hesiod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_hesiod.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss_hesiod.x86_64 is Name Service Switch (NSS) module using Hesiod

Introduction

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

What is `nss_hesiod.x86_64`

The nss_hesiod Name Service Switch module uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as a source for user, group, and service information, following the Hesiod convention of Project Athena.

We can use yum to install nss_hesiod.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_hesiod.x86_64.

Install nss_hesiod.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_hesiod.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss_hesiod.x86_64

How To Uninstall nss_hesiod.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove nss_hesiod.x86_64

nss_hesiod.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/lib64/libnss_hesiod-2.26.so
/lib64/libnss_hesiod.so.2
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod-2.26
/usr/share/doc/nss_hesiod-2.26/README.hesiod

References

nss_hesiod.x86_64 website

Summary

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