How To Install cyrus-sasl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl is The Cyrus SASL library

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.