How To Install libsss_sudo on Fedora 34

libsss_sudo is A library to allow communication between SUDO and SSSD

Introduction

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

What is libsss_sudo

A utility library to allow communication between SUDO and SSSD

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

Install libsss_sudo 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 libsss_sudo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsss_sudo

Install libsss_sudo 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 libsss_sudo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsss_sudo

How To Uninstall libsss_sudo on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libsss_sudo

libsss_sudo Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/0709e633fdf138699aff4fe1420029663c6b4d
/usr/lib64/libsss_sudo.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/1a1ceca95f4c6b4bd18884a3b460c62861a871
/usr/lib64/libsss_sudo.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_sudo/COPYING

References

Summary

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