How To Install nss-util on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-util on CentOS 7. nss-util is Network Security Services Utilities Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-util on CentOS 7.

What is nss-util

Utilities for Network Security Services and the Softoken module

We can use yum or dnf to install nss-util on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss-util.

Install nss-util on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nss-util using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-util

Install nss-util on CentOS 7 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 nss-util using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nss-util

How To Uninstall nss-util on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nss-util package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nss-util

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-util on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.