How to install libnsl.so.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?

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Issue

  • Unable to install NetBackup Utility 8.2 in RHEL8.1 due to missing /usr/lib64/libnsl.so.1 library. The application installation fails with the following error:

    # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -pn

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd: /lib64/libnsl.so.1: version `GLIBC_2.2.5' not found (required by /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd)

  • Third party application installation fails with the following errors on RHEL8.1 :

    /lib64/libnsl.so.1: version `GLIBC_2.2.5' not found

  • Third party application installation fails with following error:

error while loading shared libraries: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
  • libnsl-2.28-72.el8.x86_64

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