How To Install cyrus-sasl on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is cyrus-sasl
The cyrus-sasl package contains the Cyrus implementation of SASL. SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install cyrus-sasl
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cyrus-sasl.
Install cyrus-sasl 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
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl
Install cyrus-sasl 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
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl
How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the cyrus-sasl
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl
cyrus-sasl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
/run/saslauthd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/f6be6381bc4d1972d053f12dd83339061e4ee3
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/143d793a0d14a1649f373a4745ff7b8f2a0420
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/3ffbc4be7c67c959286011a84bb0b2ba6a069b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/saslauthd.service
/usr/sbin/pluginviewer
/usr/sbin/saslauthd
/usr/sbin/testsaslauthd
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl/LDAP_SASLAUTHD
/usr/share/man/man8/pluginviewer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/saslauthd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sasldblistusers2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/saslpasswd2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/testsaslauthd.8.gz
/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
/run/saslauthd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/b951636b3a6997292c4ebe028404045a3f26b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/035469e81a6872721434a2995d29de4b8024ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/03b982115a4c27ea00389fe298bef865726203
/usr/lib/systemd/system/saslauthd.service
/usr/sbin/pluginviewer
/usr/sbin/saslauthd
/usr/sbin/testsaslauthd
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl/LDAP_SASLAUTHD
/usr/share/man/man8/pluginviewer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/saslauthd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sasldblistusers2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/saslpasswd2.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/testsaslauthd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.