How To Install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8. libnsl is Legacy support library for NIS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl.

Install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libnsl

Install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnsl

libnsl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib/libnsl-2.28.so
/lib/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/4df731d3e8ecd44a7e51dfac89bc7a93844616
/lib64/libnsl-2.28.so
/lib64/libnsl.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/8e68f910f30bbed74dbfeeded90cefcf4b54b5

References

libnsl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.