How To Install liblockfile-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblockfile-bin on Kali Linux.

What is liblockfile-bin

liblockfile-bin is:

This package contains support binaries for the liblockfile library, and the command-line utility ``dotlockfile’'.

There are three methods to install liblockfile-bin 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 liblockfile-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblockfile-bin

Install liblockfile-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblockfile-bin

Install liblockfile-bin 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 liblockfile-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblockfile-bin

How To Uninstall liblockfile-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblockfile-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblockfile-bin

Uninstall liblockfile-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblockfile-bin

Remove liblockfile-bin Configurations and Data

To remove liblockfile-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblockfile-bin

Remove liblockfile-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblockfile-bin

Dependencies

liblockfile-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• liblockfile-bin website

Summary

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