How To Install libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsss_idmap.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libsss_idmap.x86_64 is FreeIPA Idmap library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libsss_idmap.x86_64`

Utility library to convert SIDs to Unix uids and gids

We can use yum to install libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libsss_idmap.x86_64.

Install libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libsss_idmap.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libsss_idmap.x86_64

How To Uninstall libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libsss_idmap.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libsss_idmap.x86_64

libsss_idmap.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libsss_idmap.so.0
/usr/lib64/libsss_idmap.so.0.5.1
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_idmap-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_idmap-1.16.5/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libsss_idmap-1.16.5/COPYING.LESSER

References

libsss_idmap.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsss_idmap.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.