How To Install libsss_autofs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsss_autofs on Rocky Linux 8. libsss_autofs is A library to allow communication between Autofs and SSSD

Introduction

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

What is libsss_autofs

A utility library to allow communication between Autofs and SSSD

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

Install libsss_autofs 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 libsss_autofs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libsss_autofs

Install libsss_autofs 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 libsss_autofs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsss_autofs

How To Uninstall libsss_autofs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libsss_autofs

libsss_autofs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/d3eaec39f79b5daa037bc5f79a36d880074f65
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules/libsss_autofs.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/7d1f2d70049dd87351975454f8a47c5b49e668
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules
/usr/lib64/sssd/modules/libsss_autofs.so
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_autofs/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

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