How To Install libgsasl18 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsasl18 on Debian 12.
What is libgsasl18
libgsasl18 is:
GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is used by network servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication from clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers.
Supported mechanisms are ANONYMOUS, EXTERNAL, LOGIN, PLAIN, SECURID, NTLM, DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, GS2-KRB5, GSSAPI.
This package includes the GNU SASL shared library that is required by applications using GNU SASL. You normally don’t need to install it manually.
There are three methods to install libgsasl18 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgsasl18 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsasl18 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgsasl18
Install libgsasl18 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsasl18 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgsasl18
Install libgsasl18 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgsasl18 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgsasl18
How To Uninstall libgsasl18 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgsasl18 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgsasl18
Uninstall libgsasl18 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgsasl18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsasl18
Remove libgsasl18 Configurations and Data
To remove libgsasl18 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgsasl18
Remove libgsasl18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgsasl18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsasl18
Dependencies
libgsasl18 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsasl18 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
