How to Install and Uninstall libgsasl7 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "libgsasl7" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgsasl7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgsasl7
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgsasl7" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libgsasl7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgsasl7
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgsasl7 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgsasl7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 619
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian XMPP Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gsasl
Version: 1.8.0-8ubuntu2
Replaces: libgsasl1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libidn11 (>= 1.13), libntlm0 (>= 1.2)
Conflicts: libgsasl1
Filename: pool/universe/g/gsasl/libgsasl7_1.8.0-8ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 117814
MD5sum: 6baacff541fe1f01259582119d868d40
SHA1: 0bf9d03f4fd4ae7461831cbde17bb49c11de1a48
SHA256: cd76cbf32d1b43a1dfe218bb95598446f54ce0d77479bd9d0c8b4f5c2c9b323e
Description-en: GNU SASL library
GNU SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and
Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms. SASL is
used by network servers (e.g., IMAP, SMTP) to request authentication
from clients, and in clients to authenticate against servers.
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Supported mechanisms are ANONYMOUS, EXTERNAL, LOGIN, PLAIN, SECURID, NTLM,
DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, GS2-KRB5, GSSAPI.
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This package includes the GNU SASL shared library that is required
by applications using GNU SASL. You normally don't need to install
it manually.
Description-md5: ed39b31e74593a5134d8823aa4a43bb3
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome