How To Install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit is Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (GSSAPI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit on Debian 10.

What is libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit 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 GSSAPI plugin, compiled with the MIT Kerberos 5 library.

There are three methods to install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit on Debian 10. 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-gssapi-mit 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-gssapi-mit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

Install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

How To Uninstall libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

Uninstall libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

Remove libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit Configurations and Data

To remove libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit

Dependencies

libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.