How to Install and Uninstall libpwquality1 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libpwquality1" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpwquality1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpwquality1
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpwquality1" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpwquality1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpwquality1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpwquality1 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpwquality1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpwquality
Version: 1.3.0-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcrack2 (>= 2.8.12), libpwquality-common
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpwquality/libpwquality1_1.3.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 11998
MD5sum: b24a7a48e172dd0a26edb4481ea2a2f8
SHA1: a7bb19bcb32cc866b4a248b9f734d5de9531dd32
SHA256: 8482af5340a481973e29a64ad815a50b346b01638a10f886e409bca8d27e6223
Description-en: library 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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This package contains the shared library.
Description-md5: 4bacb8fb9ef490cec9ba0d22197731b7
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/libpwquality/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop