How To Install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-gssapi is GSSAPI authentication support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cyrus-sasl-gssapi

The cyrus-sasl-gssapi package contains the Cyrus SASL plugins which support GSSAPI authentication. GSSAPI is commonly used for Kerberos authentication.

We can use yum or dnf to install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cyrus-sasl-gssapi.

Install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl-gssapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-gssapi

Install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl-gssapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-gssapi

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cyrus-sasl-gssapi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-gssapi

cyrus-sasl-gssapi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/8dc63e6847d9ee401bbfee7950f46622ba7220
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/0c4857ef1d5914677159c694289bcae7ecf960
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.