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

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-sasl-plain on Rocky Linux 8. cyrus-sasl-plain is PLAIN and LOGIN authentication support for Cyrus SASL

Introduction

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

What is cyrus-sasl-plain

The cyrus-sasl-plain package contains the Cyrus SASL plugins which support PLAIN and LOGIN authentication schemes.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install cyrus-sasl-plain

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

sudo yum -y install cyrus-sasl-plain

How To Uninstall cyrus-sasl-plain on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cyrus-sasl-plain

cyrus-sasl-plain Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/ccaae0c47b816b1864e5eb97637581ccc4462a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/086c363a57bb72bedcb74ea974cb340aa6b2bd
/usr/lib64/sasl2/liblogin.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/liblogin.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/liblogin.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libplain.so
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libplain.so.3
/usr/lib64/sasl2/libplain.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/08bde47f742fe42f3a13476a7059a54bc12488
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/e7e25124170783704c93a3e97045079a600e28
/usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib/sasl2/libplain.so
/usr/lib/sasl2/libplain.so.3
/usr/lib/sasl2/libplain.so.3.0.0

References

Summary

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