How To Install libnsl on Fedora 34

libnsl is Legacy support library for NIS Legacy support library for NIS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl on Fedora 34.

What is `libnsl`

This package provides the legacy version of libnsl library, for accessing NIS services. This library is provided for backwards compatibility only; applications should use libnsl2 instead to gain IPv6 support. libnsl 2.33 20.fc34 x86_64 53 k glibc-2.33-20.fc34.src.rpm updates Legacy support library for NIS http LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and BSD and Inner-Net and ISC and Public Domain and GFDL This package provides the legacy version of libnsl library, for accessing NIS services. This library is provided for backwards compatibility only; applications should use libnsl2 instead to gain IPv6 support.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnsl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl.

Install libnsl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libnsl

Install libnsl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libnsl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnsl

How To Uninstall libnsl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libnsl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnsl

libnsl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/libnsl-2.33.so
/lib/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/97bd23d298f2cadf2c7d62dc54b14451f0c6d1
/lib/libnsl-2.33.so
/lib/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/c370008fb7326c84c87b015546c5cc0a378f7c
/lib64/libnsl-2.33.so
/lib64/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/e592bbe004eb6150e6c2ca2a7a2bd8db191baa
/lib64/libnsl-2.33.so
/lib64/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/9139e8c36ead216b3fad21e46e5c89dc2efb96

References

[libnsl website](http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/ http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.