How To Install python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 is Python2 bindings for libsss_nss_idmap

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64`

The python-libsss_nss_idmap contains the bindings so that libsss_nss_idmap can be used by Python applications.

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

Install python-libsss_nss_idmap.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 python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64

How To Uninstall python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64

python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pysss_nss_idmap.so

References

python-libsss_nss_idmap.x86_64 website

Summary

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