How To Install nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 is Source-level compatibility library for OpenSSL to NSS porting

Introduction

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

What is `nss_compat_ossl.x86_64`

This library provides a source-level compatibility layer to aid porting programs that use OpenSSL to use the NSS instead.

We can use yum to install nss_compat_ossl.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_compat_ossl.x86_64.

Install nss_compat_ossl.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_compat_ossl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nss_compat_ossl.x86_64

How To Uninstall nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove nss_compat_ossl.x86_64

nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libnss_compat_ossl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnss_compat_ossl.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6
/usr/share/doc/nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6/README

References

nss_compat_ossl.x86_64 website

Summary

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