How To Install cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-md5 is CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5 authentication support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cyrus-sasl-md5

The cyrus-sasl-md5 package contains the Cyrus SASL plugins which support CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5 authentication schemes.

We can use yum or dnf to install cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cyrus-sasl-md5.

Install cyrus-sasl-md5 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-md5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-md5

Install cyrus-sasl-md5 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-md5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-md5

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cyrus-sasl-md5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-md5

cyrus-sasl-md5 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/7305c46e4509963a12047cce10cda07b55d3f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/8dd0c8cd89de57895ac1601c8a59ad59349ec9
/usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/66e1208c2a35a34d8e2fa3c52ab3dfc4688bc6
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/a41fc9571fabc0af0742aa736606de267ecf44
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libcrammd5.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-md5 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.