How To Install libpam-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mysql
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-mysql
libpam-mysql is:
This module lets PAM-enabled applications get authentication and account information from MySQL databases. Passwords can be stored in various encrypted formats, for example as crypt, MD5 or SHA1 hashes, in MySQL format or in the Drupal 7 salted format. Account and password expiration is handled via SQL expressions. Logging into MySQL is also supported.
There are three methods to install libpam-mysql
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 libpam-mysql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-mysql
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-mysql
Install libpam-mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-mysql
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-mysql
Install libpam-mysql 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 libpam-mysql
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-mysql
How To Uninstall libpam-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-mysql
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-mysql
Uninstall libpam-mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-mysql
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-mysql
Remove libpam-mysql Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-mysql
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-mysql
Remove libpam-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-mysql
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-mysql
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-mysql
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.