How To Install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7.
What is cyrus-sasl
The cyrus-sasl package contains the Cyrus implementation of SASL. SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols. The cyrus-sasl package contains the Cyrus implementation of SASL. SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.
We can use yum or dnf to install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cyrus-sasl.
Install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl
Install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cyrus-sasl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl
How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cyrus-sasl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
