How To Install libpam-tacplus on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-tacplus on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpam-tacplus
libpam-tacplus is:
This PAM module support authentication, authorization (account management) and accounting (session management) performed using TACACS+ protocol designed by Cisco.
Package: libpam-tacplus Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.3.8-2 Priority: extra Section: universe/admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jeroen Nijhof [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 85 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpam-runtime Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpam-tacplus/libpam-tacplus_1.3.8-2_amd64.deb Size: 22880 MD5sum: 3c8db9dda11dcb3ad5d1d30d2c081886 SHA1: 0a93f00f076b08891be763b1d61802efa079490e SHA256: a292f3456c9de4bfd1f23a90d662f6da8b55355651bac7a9001257f4381d7d82 Homepage: https://github.com/jeroennijhof/pam_tacplus Description-en: PAM module for using TACACS+ as an authentication service This PAM module support authentication, authorization (account management) and accounting (session management) performed using TACACS+ protocol designed by Cisco.
There are three methods to install libpam-tacplus on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpam-tacplus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-tacplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-tacplus
Install libpam-tacplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-tacplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-tacplus
Install libpam-tacplus 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-tacplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-tacplus
How To Uninstall libpam-tacplus on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpam-tacplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-tacplus
Uninstall libpam-tacplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-tacplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-tacplus
Remove libpam-tacplus Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-tacplus configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-tacplus
Remove libpam-tacplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-tacplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-tacplus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-tacplus package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.