How To Install libnsl2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on CentOS 8.
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. 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl2.
Install libnsl2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libnsl2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libnsl2
Install libnsl2 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 libnsl2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libnsl2
How To Uninstall libnsl2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libnsl2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libnsl2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.