How To Install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam is:
The nginx_http_auth_pam module enables authentication using PAM.
The module uses PAM as a backend for simple http authentication. It also allows setting the pam service name to allow more fine grained control.
Package: libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.17.10-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/httpd Source: nginx Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Nginx Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 68 Depends: nginx-common (= 1.17.10-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1) Filename: pool/universe/n/nginx/libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam_1.17.10-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9500 MD5sum: 73d768ab23d85ed78ca378868121e319 SHA1: c54c1502124bf611621a0b0320f7aa2ad7503360 SHA256: 88d54fcd8720dc17bb67eca485e69d0dbe0afdcd31e11d6a72a16ba7cf6d3229 Homepage: http://nginx.net Description-en: PAM authentication module for Nginx The nginx_http_auth_pam module enables authentication using PAM.
The module uses PAM as a backend for simple http authentication. It also allows setting the pam service name to allow more fine grained control.
There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
Install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
Install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
Uninstall libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
Remove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam Configurations and Data
To remove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
Remove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.