How To Install sanlock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sanlock on Kali Linux. sanlock is Shared storage lock manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sanlock on Kali Linux.

What is sanlock

sanlock is:

Sanlock ensures that single disk cannot be used by more than one running VM at a time, across any host in a network.

This package contains the binaries and private shared libraries.

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

Install sanlock Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sanlock

Install sanlock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sanlock using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sanlock

Install sanlock Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install sanlock

How To Uninstall sanlock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sanlock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sanlock

Uninstall sanlock And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sanlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sanlock

Remove sanlock Configurations and Data

To remove sanlock configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sanlock

Remove sanlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sanlock

Dependencies

sanlock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sanlock package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.