How To Install libsasl2-modules-db on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules-db on Debian 12.

What is libsasl2-modules-db

libsasl2-modules-db is:

This is the Cyrus SASL API implementation, version 2.1. See package libsasl2-2 and RFC 2222 for more information.

This package provides the DB plugin, which supports Berkeley DB lookups.

There are three methods to install libsasl2-modules-db 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 libsasl2-modules-db Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsasl2-modules-db using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsasl2-modules-db

Install libsasl2-modules-db Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsasl2-modules-db using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsasl2-modules-db

Install libsasl2-modules-db 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 libsasl2-modules-db using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsasl2-modules-db

How To Uninstall libsasl2-modules-db on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsasl2-modules-db package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsasl2-modules-db

Uninstall libsasl2-modules-db And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsasl2-modules-db and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsasl2-modules-db

Remove libsasl2-modules-db Configurations and Data

To remove libsasl2-modules-db configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsasl2-modules-db

Remove libsasl2-modules-db configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsasl2-modules-db configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsasl2-modules-db

Dependencies

libsasl2-modules-db have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdb5.3

References

• libsasl2-modules-db website
• libsasl2-modules-db on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules-db package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.