How to Install and Uninstall cvm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "cvm" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cvm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cvm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cvm" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall cvm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cvm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cvm package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cvm
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 216
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.96-1.2build1
Depends: libbg1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcvm1
Filename: pool/universe/c/cvm/cvm_0.96-1.2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 23574
MD5sum: c71410bfbb1876c08e742a5ffd600015
SHA1: f5e7318c0e892b9367bca4cf3891bdb0b34eddbc
SHA256: f1159dc15b1f85d8eaaa30390102a58716630a1a0fa08e0fa760b96aa5b3f270
Description-en: Credential Validation Modules
CVM is a framework for validating a set of credentials against a database
using a filter program. The modules act as a filter, taking a set of
credentials as input and writing a set of facts as output if those
credentials are valid. Optional input is given to the module through
environment variables.
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Some of the ideas for CVM came from experience with PAM (pluggable
authentication modules), the checkpassword interface used by qmail-pop3d,
and the "authmod" interface used by Courier IMAP and POP3. This framework
places fewer restrictions on the invoking client than checkpassword does,
and is much simpler to implement on both sides than PAM and the authmod
framework.
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See http://untroubled.org/cvm/cvm.html for more information.
Description-md5: 6e242e0074fb68d878a6d1a5059657c1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu