How To Install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 is Header and Library files for doing development with the Freebl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64

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 to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64.

Install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.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 nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64

nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn-freebl-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.