How To Install php-auth-sasl 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 php-auth-sasl on Ubuntu.

What is `php-auth-sasl`

php-auth-sasl is:

Provides code to generate responses to common SASL mechanisms, including

Digest-MD5
Cram-MD5
Plain
Anonymous
Login (Pseudo mechanism)
SCRAM

There are three methods to install php-auth-sasl 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 php-auth-sasl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-auth-sasl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-auth-sasl

Install php-auth-sasl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-auth-sasl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-auth-sasl

Install php-auth-sasl 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 php-auth-sasl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-auth-sasl

How To Uninstall php-auth-sasl on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the php-auth-sasl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-auth-sasl

Uninstall php-auth-sasl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-auth-sasl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-auth-sasl

Remove php-auth-sasl Configurations and Data

To remove php-auth-sasl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-auth-sasl

Remove php-auth-sasl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-auth-sasl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-auth-sasl

Dependencies

php-auth-sasl have the following dependencies:

References

php-auth-sasl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-auth-sasl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.