How To Install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check on Kali Linux.

What is mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check is:

This password validation plugin uses cracklib to allow only sufficiently secure (as defined by cracklib) user passwords in MariaDB.

Install and configure this to enforce stronger passwords for MariaDB users.

There are three methods to install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

How To Uninstall mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Uninstall mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Remove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check Configurations and Data

To remove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Remove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check

Dependencies

mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check have the following dependencies:

• libcrack2
• mariadb-server-10.5
• libc6

References

• mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-plugin-cracklib-password-check package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.