# gsasl を Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman, zypper でインストール

gsasl のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:gsasl
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gsasl
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gsasl
```

  証拠: Debian stable package indexes: gsasl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gsasl
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gs/gsasl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S gsasl
```

  証拠: Arch Linux sync databases: gsasl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install gsasl
```

  証拠: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsasl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:gsasl
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 2.2.4
- **ソース概要:** SASL library command-line interface
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-16T12:55:03Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- gsasl (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 2.2.4
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

GNU SASL is the GNU project's implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework. It is both a C library, libgsasl, and a command-line program, gsasl, aimed at applications that need SASL authentication for protocols such as IMAP, SMTP, and XMPP.

The package sits in the network-authentication layer rather than in a user-facing mail or chat client. Its value is that application authors can delegate SASL mechanisms, callback handling, and protocol details to a small portable C library.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The project began in 2002 as libgsasl and became an official GNU package in December 2002. The GNU project page records the initial 0.0.0 release on 2002-10-07, the rename from libgsasl to GNU SASL in 0.0.4, and the opening of GNU web pages with development moved to Savannah.

Early development focused on establishing a clean-room SASL implementation with clear copyright and licensing, then broadening mechanism support. The GNU page lists goals such as thread safety, internationalization through SASLprep, portability, and callbacks that let the embedding application control authorization infrastructure.

The licensing story is part of the project's identity. The GNU SASL page says the library was changed to LGPLv2.1+ because other free SASL implementations existed and the maintainer expected that LGPL terms would invite more help, while the command-line application and tests later moved to GPLv3-or-later.

The project evolved through major protocol additions: GSSAPI support in 2003, SCRAM-SHA-1 experiments in 2009, GS2-KRB5 and SCRAM-SHA-1(-PLUS) in the 2010 stable series, SAML20 and OPENID20 in 2012, SCRAM-SHA-256 in 2021, and a 2.0.0 line in 2022 that dropped obsolete APIs.

### 採用の歴史

GNU SASL's adoption is best visible in other network software. The project page lists free software users including Exim, Mutt, GNU Mailutils, msmtp and mpop, VMime, curl, Jabberd2, and GNU Anubis.

Its adoption pattern is typical of infrastructure libraries: few end users invoke it directly, but maintainers of mail, XMPP, and transfer software package it so that authentication mechanisms are available through a shared implementation rather than duplicated in every client.

The project also tracks portability explicitly. The GNU page mentions Windows resources, a native Visual Studio build in 2008, and release engineering around reproducible tarballs and CI across several GNU/Linux-derived systems in the 2.2 series.

### 使われ方

Library users embed libgsasl and provide callbacks for authentication and authorization data. The command-line gsasl tool is useful for testing SASL exchanges and for exercising mechanisms outside a full mail or chat client.

The supported mechanism list is broad for a small C library: ANONYMOUS, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, EXTERNAL, GS2-KRB5, GSSAPI, LOGIN, NTLM, OPENID20, PLAIN, SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, SCRAM-SHA-256, SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS, SAML20, and SECURID are documented by the project README and GNU page.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

GNU SASL is package-nerd material because it is a low-level authentication dependency with a CLI attached. It is easy to overlook until a mail client, MTA, or XMPP server needs a specific SASL mechanism or a distro wants one shared, auditable implementation.

Its release history also exposes packaging concerns that library maintainers care about: ABI/API transitions, optional Kerberos/GSS choices, Windows portability, reproducible tarballs, and integration tests against Dovecot and GNU Mailutils.

### タイムライン

- 2002: Initial 0.0.0 release.
- 2002: Became an official GNU project and moved development to Savannah.
- 2004: 0.2.0 marked a new major release and the library license moved toward LGPL terms.
- 2007: Development moved from CVS to git, and the command-line tool and tests moved to GPLv3-or-later.
- 2010: Stable 1.6.0 added SCRAM-SHA-1(-PLUS) and GS2-KRB5 support.
- 2012: Stable 1.8.0 added SAML20 and OPENID20 support.
- 2021: Stable 1.10.0 added SCRAM-SHA-256 support.
- 2022: Stable 2.0.0 dropped obsolete APIs.

### Related projects

- GNU Mailutils is both a related GNU mail package and an integration-test target mentioned in GNU SASL release notes.
- Dovecot appears in later GNU SASL integration tests for GSSAPI behavior.
- GnuTLS and GSS-API implementations such as GNU GSS, MIT Kerberos, Heimdal, and libgssglue are optional or related pieces around secure authentication.

### ソース

- <https://gitlab.com/gsasl/gsasl/-/raw/master/NEWS>
- <https://gitlab.com/gsasl/gsasl/-/raw/master/README.md>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/manual/html_node/Introduction.html>


## セキュリティノート

gsasl に一致するローカルシークレット処理マニフェストは見つかりませんでした。将来の対応で安定したパッケージ URL を使えるよう、Nucleus パッケージメタデータはここに公開されています。


## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - gsasl - 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gsasl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU SASL command line utility | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Debian apt - gsasl-common - 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gsasl-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU SASL platform independent files | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Debian apt - gsasl-doc - 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gsasl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU SASL documentation | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Debian apt - libgsasl-dev - 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgsasl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for the GNU SASL library | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Debian apt - libgsasl18 - 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgsasl18 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU SASL library | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Nix - gsasl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gs/gsasl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gsasl - 2.2.1-1willsync1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gsasl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU SASL command line utility | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Ubuntu apt - gsasl-common - 2.2.1-1willsync1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gsasl-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU SASL platform independent files | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Ubuntu apt - gsasl-doc - 2.2.1-1willsync1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gsasl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU SASL documentation | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Ubuntu apt - libgsasl-dev - 2.2.1-1willsync1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgsasl-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for the GNU SASL library | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- Ubuntu apt - libgsasl18 - 2.2.1-1willsync1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgsasl18 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU SASL library | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- pacman - gsasl - 2.2.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gsasl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework and a few common SASL mechanisms | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- zypper - gsasl - 2.2.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsasl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Implementation of the SASL framework and a few common SASL mechanisms | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- zypper - gsasl-devel - 2.2.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsasl-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Headers for GNU SASL, an implementation of the SASL framework | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- zypper - gsasl-lang - 2.2.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsasl-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package gsasl | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/
- zypper - libgsasl18 - 2.2.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libgsasl18 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Implementation of the SASL framework and a few common SASL mechanisms | https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gsasl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gsasl.yml)


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
