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

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-lib on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-lib is Shared libraries needed by applications which use Cyrus SASL

Introduction

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

What is cyrus-sasl-lib

The cyrus-sasl-lib package contains shared libraries which are needed by applications which use the Cyrus SASL library.

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

Install cyrus-sasl-lib 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-lib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-lib

Install cyrus-sasl-lib 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-lib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-lib

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

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

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-lib

cyrus-sasl-lib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sasl2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/e2af39cbceb06311c86c287388879b8c39313c
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/8b20ea1ce62a334af465e3b60da99f947f11f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/eb781c1b1d1d4d6e90e7a6498f0441b58a88ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/0dab4b825c2b252a2de75a7f9efdc8d26b7e7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/8efd52877decedd9bf313f1e21c164512f2799
/usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.3
/usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/sasl2
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libanonymous.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libanonymous.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libanonymous.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsasldb.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsasldb.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsasldb.so.3.0.0
/usr/sbin/sasldblistusers2
/usr/sbin/saslpasswd2
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/developer.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/download.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/genindex.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/getsasl.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/index.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/operations.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/packager.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/search.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/setup.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/support.html
/usr/share/licenses/cyrus-sasl-lib
/usr/share/licenses/cyrus-sasl-lib/COPYING
/etc/sasl2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/35682542f29e584259e6897e349c566c1b0ee5
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/3f3b0dc979934d4094f261031af049426de7b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/bc5eb138fb3c080050b49c712be9a82cef2a2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/19224c0763a98d6d12d81077febb3e36d8fdb2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/fb6ceb7fd6b1dd37a854a81fa603b2a4ba07b6
/usr/lib/libsasl2.so.3
/usr/lib/libsasl2.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/sasl2
/usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.3.0.0
/usr/sbin/sasldblistusers2
/usr/sbin/saslpasswd2
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/developer.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/download.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/genindex.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/getsasl.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/index.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/operations.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/packager.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/search.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/setup.html
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-lib/support.html
/usr/share/licenses/cyrus-sasl-lib
/usr/share/licenses/cyrus-sasl-lib/COPYING

References

Summary

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