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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libpwquality-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpwquality-tools on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

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


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

Package: libpwquality-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.4-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: libpwquality
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 49
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0)
Recommends: cracklib-runtime
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-tools_1.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9684
MD5sum: 8977427b697fc6304d302940901bb18b
SHA1: 973bc19886597a135c00981e7e3391a041bae425
SHA256: 17e0bd521b10231e2f038b7707e72f7cf744e68005a70803f0948dee7937bfc4
SHA512: f6d71308335babcced1ac076158ce24c08acb2e3e4cbe62b0afe2e0ec85238a9298ee51f3c51027bf7fc9693190fbff485124356122dc48f0f0e47283721e756
Homepage: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality
Description-en: tools for password quality checking and generation
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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Tools for password quality checking and generation.
Description-md5: 748331af36bc84978f52ee4344e90e81