How To Install libpwquality-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-tools
on Ubuntu.
What is libpwquality-tools
libpwquality-tools is:
libpwquality’s purpose is to provide common functions for password quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good pronounceability.
Tools for password quality checking and generation.
There are three methods to install libpwquality-tools
on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpwquality-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpwquality-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpwquality-tools
Install libpwquality-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpwquality-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpwquality-tools
Install libpwquality-tools 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 libpwquality-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpwquality-tools
How To Uninstall libpwquality-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libpwquality-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpwquality-tools
Uninstall libpwquality-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpwquality-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpwquality-tools
Remove libpwquality-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libpwquality-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpwquality-tools
Remove libpwquality-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpwquality-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpwquality-tools
Dependencies
libpwquality-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpwquality-tools
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.