How To Install libuser.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuser.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libuser.x86_64 is A user and group account administration library

Introduction

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

What is `libuser.x86_64`

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources. Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included.

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

Install libuser.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 libuser.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libuser.x86_64

How To Uninstall libuser.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove libuser.x86_64

libuser.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/libuser.conf
/usr/bin/lchfn
/usr/bin/lchsh
/usr/lib64/libuser
/usr/lib64/libuser.so.1
/usr/lib64/libuser.so.1.5.0
/usr/lib64/libuser/libuser_files.so
/usr/lib64/libuser/libuser_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/libuser/libuser_shadow.so
/usr/sbin/lchage
/usr/sbin/lgroupadd
/usr/sbin/lgroupdel
/usr/sbin/lgroupmod
/usr/sbin/lid
/usr/sbin/lnewusers
/usr/sbin/lpasswd
/usr/sbin/luseradd
/usr/sbin/luserdel
/usr/sbin/lusermod
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/README
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/TODO
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/attributes.txt
/usr/share/doc/libuser-0.60/rfc2307.txt
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/libuser.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/lchage.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lchfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lchsh.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lgroupadd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lgroupdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lgroupmod.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lnewusers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lpasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/luseradd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/luserdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lusermod.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libuser.conf.5.gz

References

libuser.x86_64 website

Summary

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