How To Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 7. cyrus-sasl-gs2 is GS2 support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 7.

What is cyrus-sasl-gs2

The cyrus-sasl-gs2 package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports the GS2 authentication scheme. 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 7. 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 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-gs2

Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 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-gs2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-gs2

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-gs2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.