How to Install and Uninstall libpwquality-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpwquality-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpwquality-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libpwquality-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libpwquality-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.3.0-0ubuntu1
Depends: libpwquality1 (= 1.3.0-0ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-dev_1.3.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 12508
MD5sum: 818ea95a33792f18d26c6e02192061ba
SHA1: ca00a425bb460956bd298c19f6f8feb753369364
SHA256: 849b13530f568f3cc0481862ace6ff6fe6633560565cf39d6f4c7e54498bfe2d
Description-en: Password quality checking and generation (development files)
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 package contains the development files, and should be used for
compilation.
Description-md5: e1ae040707372e3c48466d82429c05bc
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/libpwquality/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m