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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "libpwquality-tools" package

Learn how to install libpwquality-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpwquality-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall libpwquality-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libpwquality-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.3.0-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpwquality1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality-tools_1.3.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 9348
MD5sum: 687a60e7c1256abe77e2de5d018165ee
SHA1: fcdd74692698f9e324e399f354832e27a34b0943
SHA256: cf10ea5bb820b6b77d37904fb63dbb67125bbadadaa67ce6eae78aa841d8b909
Description-en: tools for password quality checking and generation
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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Tools for password quality checking and generation.
Description-md5: 748331af36bc84978f52ee4344e90e81
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/libpwquality/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu