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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libpam-pwquality" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpam-pwquality on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libpam-pwquality
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.3.0-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpam0g (>= 1.1.1), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0), libpam-runtime
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpam-pwquality_1.3.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 11006
MD5sum: 128b7ea5fc8ed836ecdae1fd2d532a4b
SHA1: 238a8d3368bf9d205dff07feb195e8ce25e86329
SHA256: dca37c417c5071ff6a99e311ad18ef2a3ef48482c610f015ec17d26b46fafef5
Description-en: PAM module to check password strength
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 module can be plugged into the password stack of a given service to
provide some plug-in strength-checking for passwords. The code was originaly
based on pam_cracklib module and the module is backwards compatible with its
options.
Description-md5: a0adf9a37eba9a9b210c968269f49c5e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/libpwquality/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y