How To Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8

cyrus-sasl-gs2 is GS2 support for Cyrus SASL GS2 support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8.

What is cyrus-sasl-gs2

The cyrus-sasl-gs2 package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports the GS2 authentication scheme. cyrus-sasl-gs2 2.1.27 5.el8 x86_64 49 k cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-5.el8.src.rpm baseos GS2 support for Cyrus SASL https BSD with advertising The cyrus-sasl-gs2 package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports the GS2 authentication scheme.

We can use yum or dnf to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cyrus-sasl-gs2.

Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl-gs2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-gs2

Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl-gs2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-gs2

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cyrus-sasl-gs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-gs2

cyrus-sasl-gs2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/6f8369039afc22d403d4acc8fdc535a2e3e7c3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/394616ed6e4488925d7fb7789afd6b8d2d83b9
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.