How To Install lockfile-progs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lockfile-progs on Debian 9. lockfile-progs is Programs for locking and unlocking files and mailboxes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lockfile-progs on Debian 9.

What is lockfile-progs

lockfile-progs is:

This package includes several programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes from the command line. These include:

lockfile-create lockfile-remove lockfile-touchlock mail-lock mail-unlock mail-touchlock

These programs use liblockfile to perform the file locking and unlocking, so they are guaranteed compatible with Debian’s file locking policies.

There are three methods to install lockfile-progs on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lockfile-progs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lockfile-progs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lockfile-progs

Install lockfile-progs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lockfile-progs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lockfile-progs

Install lockfile-progs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lockfile-progs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lockfile-progs

How To Uninstall lockfile-progs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the lockfile-progs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lockfile-progs

Uninstall lockfile-progs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lockfile-progs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lockfile-progs

Remove lockfile-progs Configurations and Data

To remove lockfile-progs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lockfile-progs

Remove lockfile-progs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lockfile-progs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lockfile-progs

Dependencies

lockfile-progs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lockfile-progs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.