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

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-scram on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-scram is SCRAM auxprop support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

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

What is `cyrus-sasl-scram`

The cyrus-sasl-scram package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports the SCRAM authentication scheme.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-scram

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

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-scram

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

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

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-scram

cyrus-sasl-scram Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/13530618d15131c2004b2422e63888430d08f3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libscram.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libscram.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libscram.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/e0c589f1f53c66bf76b253f587145a25461d36
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libscram.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libscram.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libscram.so.3.0.0

References

cyrus-sasl-scram website

Summary

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