How to Install and Uninstall libpam-oath Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libpam-oath" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpam-oath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpam-oath
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpam-oath" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpam-oath on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libpam-oath
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 72
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OATH Toolkit Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: oath-toolkit
Version: 2.6.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), liboath0 (>= 1.8.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpam-runtime
Filename: pool/universe/o/oath-toolkit/libpam-oath_2.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 6654
MD5sum: e3a117ac995f60bb7e64f33676c34b8b
SHA1: 1ff940dd2cb9eb164761f2b8f322c907615b246e
SHA256: ad8b3808f8dc4b29ce03a7c1a272664d5184fd94c41562aeac333fc1c0b8953e
Description-en: OATH Toolkit libpam_oath PAM module
The OATH Toolkit makes it easy to build one-time password
authentication systems. It contains shared libraries, command line
tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the
event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC4226) and the time-based TOTP algorithm
(RFC6238). OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the
organization that specify the algorithms. For managing secret key
files, the Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC) format described in
RFC6030 is supported.
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This package contain a PAM module to authenticate users against
a local file-based OATH database.
Description-md5: adf49b51c8320097d078663c2d667eed
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu