How To Install passwdqc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwdqc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is passwdqc
passwdqc is:
passwdqc is a password/passphrase strength checking and policy enforcement toolset, including a PAM module (libpam-passwdqc), command-line programs (pwqcheck and pwqgen), and a library (libpasswdqc).
This package provides pwqcheck and pwqgen, which are standalone password/passphrase strength checking and random passphrase generator programs, respectively, which are usable from scripts.
There are three methods to install passwdqc
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install passwdqc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install passwdqc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install passwdqc
Install passwdqc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install passwdqc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install passwdqc
Install passwdqc 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 passwdqc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install passwdqc
How To Uninstall passwdqc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the passwdqc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove passwdqc
Uninstall passwdqc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall passwdqc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove passwdqc
Remove passwdqc Configurations and Data
To remove passwdqc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge passwdqc
Remove passwdqc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove passwdqc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge passwdqc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install passwdqc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.