How To Install authselect-libs on CentOS 8

authselect-libs is Utility library used by the authselect tool Utility library used by the authselect tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install authselect-libs on CentOS 8.

What is authselect-libs

Common library files for authselect. This package is used by the authselect command line tool and any other potential front-ends. authselect-libs 1.2.2 2.el8 x86_64 222 k authselect-1.2.2-2.el8.src.rpm baseos Utility library used by the authselect tool https GPLv3+ Common library files for authselect. This package is used by the authselect command line tool and any other potential front-ends.

We can use yum or dnf to install authselect-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install authselect-libs.

Install authselect-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install authselect-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install authselect-libs

Install authselect-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install authselect-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install authselect-libs

How To Uninstall authselect-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the authselect-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove authselect-libs

authselect-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/authselect
/etc/authselect/authselect.conf
/etc/authselect/custom
/etc/authselect/dconf-db
/etc/authselect/dconf-locks
/etc/authselect/fingerprint-auth
/etc/authselect/nsswitch.conf
/etc/authselect/password-auth
/etc/authselect/postlogin
/etc/authselect/smartcard-auth
/etc/authselect/system-auth
/etc/authselect/user-nsswitch.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/6357a2d554a1219bddc033c6176e2b5f1547cf
/usr/lib/libauthselect.so.3
/usr/lib/libauthselect.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/authselect
/usr/share/authselect/default
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/smartcard-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/vendor
/usr/share/doc/authselect-libs
/usr/share/doc/authselect-libs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/authselect/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/authselect/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/authselect-libs
/usr/share/licenses/authselect-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/man/cs/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/tr/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/var/lib/authselect
/var/lib/authselect/backups
/var/lib/authselect/dconf-db
/var/lib/authselect/dconf-locks
/var/lib/authselect/fingerprint-auth
/var/lib/authselect/nsswitch.conf
/var/lib/authselect/password-auth
/var/lib/authselect/postlogin
/var/lib/authselect/smartcard-auth
/var/lib/authselect/system-auth
/var/lib/authselect/user-nsswitch-created
/etc/authselect
/etc/authselect/authselect.conf
/etc/authselect/custom
/etc/authselect/dconf-db
/etc/authselect/dconf-locks
/etc/authselect/fingerprint-auth
/etc/authselect/nsswitch.conf
/etc/authselect/password-auth
/etc/authselect/postlogin
/etc/authselect/smartcard-auth
/etc/authselect/system-auth
/etc/authselect/user-nsswitch.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/0749a3072bdfb66b40b70c0f8cdec202f9449d
/usr/lib64/libauthselect.so.3
/usr/lib64/libauthselect.so.3.1.0
/usr/share/authselect
/usr/share/authselect/default
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/minimal/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/nis/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/smartcard-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/sssd/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/README
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/REQUIREMENTS
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/dconf-db
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/dconf-locks
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/fingerprint-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/nsswitch.conf
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/password-auth
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/postlogin
/usr/share/authselect/default/winbind/system-auth
/usr/share/authselect/vendor
/usr/share/doc/authselect-libs
/usr/share/doc/authselect-libs/README.md
/usr/share/doc/authselect/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/authselect/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/authselect-libs
/usr/share/licenses/authselect-libs/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/authselect.mo
/usr/share/man/cs/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/nl/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/tr/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/authselect-profiles.5.gz
/var/lib/authselect
/var/lib/authselect/backups
/var/lib/authselect/dconf-db
/var/lib/authselect/dconf-locks
/var/lib/authselect/fingerprint-auth
/var/lib/authselect/nsswitch.conf
/var/lib/authselect/password-auth
/var/lib/authselect/postlogin
/var/lib/authselect/smartcard-auth
/var/lib/authselect/system-auth
/var/lib/authselect/user-nsswitch-created

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install authselect-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.