How To Install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8. glibc-nss-devel is Development files for directly linking NSS service modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8.

What is glibc-nss-devel

The glibc-nss-devel package contains the object files necessary to compile applications and libraries which directly link against NSS modules supplied by glibc. This is a rare and special use case; regular development has to use the glibc-devel package instead. The glibc-nss-devel package contains the object files necessary to compile applications and libraries which directly link against NSS modules supplied by glibc. This is a rare and special use case; regular development has to use the glibc-devel package instead.

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

Install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-nss-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glibc-nss-devel

Install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glibc-nss-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glibc-nss-devel

How To Uninstall glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the glibc-nss-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glibc-nss-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glibc-nss-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.