How To Install libnsl2 on Fedora 34

libnsl2 is Public client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+ Public client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libnsl2`

This package contains the libnsl library. This library contains the public client interface for NIS(YP) and NIS+. This code was formerly part of glibc, but is now standalone to be able to link against TI-RPC for IPv6 support. libnsl2 1.3.0 2.fc34 i686 61 k libnsl2-1.3.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Public client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+ https BSD and LGPLv2+ This package contains the libnsl library. This library contains the public client interface for NIS(YP) and NIS+. This code was formerly part of glibc, but is now standalone to be able to link against TI-RPC for IPv6 support.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnsl2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl2.

Install libnsl2 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 libnsl2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnsl2

Install libnsl2 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 libnsl2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnsl2

How To Uninstall libnsl2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libnsl2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libnsl2

libnsl2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/61815ec2c7c11d5748d0558ea1fe18659b98c6
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.2
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.2.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/323ce5a13a82b6a19be6008c81d2f48e907255
/usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2/COPYING

References

[libnsl2 website](https://github.com/thkukuk/libnsl https://github.com/thkukuk/libnsl)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.