How To Install liblockfile1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblockfile1 on Kali Linux. liblockfile1 is NFS-safe locking library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblockfile1 on Kali Linux.

What is liblockfile1

liblockfile1 is:

Liblockfile is a shared library with NFS-safe locking functions.

There are three methods to install liblockfile1 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 liblockfile1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblockfile1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblockfile1

Install liblockfile1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblockfile1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblockfile1

Install liblockfile1 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 liblockfile1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblockfile1

How To Uninstall liblockfile1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblockfile1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblockfile1

Uninstall liblockfile1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblockfile1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblockfile1

Remove liblockfile1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblockfile1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblockfile1

Remove liblockfile1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblockfile1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblockfile1

Dependencies

liblockfile1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblockfile1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.