How to Install and Uninstall libpwquality-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "libpwquality-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpwquality-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpwquality-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpwquality-dev on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpwquality-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpwquality-dev package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpwquality-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.4-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpwquality
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 31
Depends: libpwquality1 (= 1.4.4-1)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-dev_1.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8016
MD5sum: 89d779efa343b755fe7fc0f4137d7de9
SHA1: 646fcb6544af066b6b2bb141e855969dbdcff5ec
SHA256: ff6b5a19048e545b00b3df09030e698b6b69a10a6f558306def7d20109c41a1b
SHA512: d68fe5ccc55946326cd1347916936358374e24d7b7d43920e71d865f8287b486f52b48e4ba573564c4d14480eb6e6764056887672e712a000770289da0ab572d
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Description-en: Password quality checking and generation (development files)
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.
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This package contains the development files, and should be used for
compilation.
Description-md5: e1ae040707372e3c48466d82429c05bc