How To Install svrcore.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install svrcore.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. svrcore.i686 is Secure PIN handling using NSS crypto

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install svrcore.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `svrcore.i686`

svrcore provides applications with several ways to handle secure PIN storage e.g. in an application that must be restarted, but needs the PIN to unlock the private key and other crypto material, without user intervention. svrcore uses the facilities provided by NSS.

We can use yum to install svrcore.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install svrcore.i686.

Install svrcore.i686 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 svrcore.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install svrcore.i686

How To Uninstall svrcore.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the svrcore.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove svrcore.i686

svrcore.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libsvrcore.so.0
/usr/lib/libsvrcore.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/svrcore-4.1.3
/usr/share/doc/svrcore-4.1.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/svrcore-4.1.3/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/svrcore-4.1.3/README

References

svrcore.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install svrcore.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.