How To Install libgsasl on Fedora 34

libgsasl is GNU SASL library GNU SASL library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsasl on Fedora 34.

What is `libgsasl`

The library includes support for the SASL framework and at least partial support for the CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN, and NTLM mechanisms. libgsasl 1.8.1 3.fc34 x86_64 140 k libgsasl-1.8.1-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora GNU SASL library https LGPLv2+ The library includes support for the SASL framework and at least partial support for the CRAM-MD5, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, ANONYMOUS, PLAIN, SECURID, DIGEST-MD5, LOGIN, and NTLM mechanisms.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgsasl on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgsasl.

Install libgsasl on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgsasl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgsasl

Install libgsasl on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgsasl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgsasl

How To Uninstall libgsasl on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgsasl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgsasl

libgsasl Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/b5529fc7d63d6f46dd4a7955fc070d0c41c82a
/usr/lib/libgsasl.so.7
/usr/lib/libgsasl.so.7.9.7
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/README
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/4442863c86b8f5c7ea51be54a171e9817979de
/usr/lib64/libgsasl.so.7
/usr/lib64/libgsasl.so.7.9.7
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/README
/usr/share/doc/libgsasl/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgsasl/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgsasl.mo

References

[libgsasl website](https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/ https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsasl on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.