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

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss-softokn.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss-softokn.x86_64 is Network Security Services Softoken Module

Introduction

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

What is `nss-softokn.x86_64`

Network Security Services Softoken Cryptographic Module

We can use yum to install nss-softokn.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.x86_64.

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

sudo yum -y install nss-softokn.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove nss-softokn.x86_64

nss-softokn.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.chk
/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so
/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.chk
/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so
/usr/lib64/nss
/usr/lib64/nss/saved
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/bltest
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/fipstest
/usr/lib64/nss/unsupported-tools/shlibsign

References

nss-softokn.x86_64 website

Summary

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