How To Install cyrus-sasl-sql on CentOS 8

cyrus-sasl-sql is SQL auxprop support for Cyrus SASL SQL auxprop support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

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

What is cyrus-sasl-sql

The cyrus-sasl-sql package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports using a RDBMS for storing shared secrets. cyrus-sasl-sql 2.1.27 5.el8 x86_64 46 k cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-5.el8.src.rpm appstream SQL auxprop support for Cyrus SASL https BSD with advertising The cyrus-sasl-sql package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports using a RDBMS for storing shared secrets.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-sql

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

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-sql

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-sql on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-sql

cyrus-sasl-sql Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/c8d29f40daa731db839e6829378f04c375a56b
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsql.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsql.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libsql.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/fba9cb6bd2fc63ea8e0668271593e22cb5d97d
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsql.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsql.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libsql.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

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