How To Install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-gs2 on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-gs2 is GS2 support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

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

What is cyrus-sasl-gs2

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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/c6801194819444fa51b75466939a141ca052e4
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libgs2.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/c7691613406bdb286fa9e34d904ee348479e00
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libgs2.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

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