How To Install libvirt-sanlock on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-sanlock on Debian 9.
What is libvirt-sanlock
libvirt-sanlock is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains the sanlock plugin for libvirt’s locking daemon.
There are three methods to install libvirt-sanlock 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 libvirt-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 libvirt-sanlock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-sanlock
Install libvirt-sanlock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-sanlock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-sanlock
Install libvirt-sanlock 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 libvirt-sanlock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-sanlock
How To Uninstall libvirt-sanlock on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libvirt-sanlock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-sanlock
Uninstall libvirt-sanlock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-sanlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-sanlock
Remove libvirt-sanlock Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-sanlock configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-sanlock
Remove libvirt-sanlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-sanlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-sanlock
Dependencies
libvirt-sanlock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-sanlock package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.