How To Install libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 8. libnsl2 is Public client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libnsl2.

Install libnsl2 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 libnsl2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libnsl2

Install libnsl2 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 libnsl2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libnsl2

How To Uninstall libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libnsl2

libnsl2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/5ef3e41b4a22a68a16076f282e7aea4dcb08bf
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.2
/usr/lib/libnsl.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/5a92502e608416d0a54d1a289dcb622583e4ea
/usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnsl.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2
/usr/share/licenses/libnsl2/COPYING

References

libnsl2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnsl2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.