How To Install nss-softokn-freebl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel on Rocky Linux 8. nss-softokn-freebl-devel is Header and Library files for doing development with the Freebl library for NSS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nss-softokn-freebl-devel

NSS Softoken Cryptographic Module Freebl Library Development Tools This package supports special needs of some PKCS #11 module developers and is otherwise considered private to NSS. As such, the programming interfaces may change and the usual NSS binary compatibility commitments do not apply. Developers should rely only on the officially supported NSS public API.

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

Install nss-softokn-freebl-devel 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 nss-softokn-freebl-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nss-softokn-freebl-devel

Install nss-softokn-freebl-devel 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 nss-softokn-freebl-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-softokn-freebl-devel

How To Uninstall nss-softokn-freebl-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nss-softokn-freebl-devel

nss-softokn-freebl-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/nss3/alghmac.h
/usr/include/nss3/blapi.h
/usr/include/nss3/blapit.h
/usr/include/nss3/cmac.h
/usr/include/nss3/lowkeyi.h
/usr/include/nss3/lowkeyti.h
/usr/lib/libfreebl.a
/usr/include/nss3/alghmac.h
/usr/include/nss3/blapi.h
/usr/include/nss3/blapit.h
/usr/include/nss3/cmac.h
/usr/include/nss3/lowkeyi.h
/usr/include/nss3/lowkeyti.h
/usr/lib64/libfreebl.a

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.