How To Install libsasl2-modules on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsasl2-modules
libsasl2-modules 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 following SASL modules: LOGIN, PLAIN, ANONYMOUS, NTLM, CRAM-MD5, and DIGEST-MD5 (with DES support). Task: server, print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, lamp-server, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, postgresql-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libsasl2-modules 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 libsasl2-modules 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsasl2-modules
Install libsasl2-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsasl2-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsasl2-modules
Install libsasl2-modules 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 libsasl2-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsasl2-modules
How To Uninstall libsasl2-modules on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsasl2-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsasl2-modules
Uninstall libsasl2-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsasl2-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsasl2-modules
Remove libsasl2-modules Configurations and Data
To remove libsasl2-modules configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsasl2-modules
Remove libsasl2-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsasl2-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsasl2-modules
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsasl2-modules package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
