How To Install libvirt-sanlock on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-sanlock on Ubuntu 20.04. libvirt-sanlock is Sanlock plugin for virtlockd Sanlock plugin for virtlockd Sanlock plugin for virtlockd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-sanlock on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.

Package: libvirt-sanlock Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3 Priority: extra Section: universe/libs Source: libvirt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 198 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libsanlock-client1 (>= 3.6.0-4build1), libvirt0 (= 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3), augeas-tools Filename: pool/universe/libv/libvirt/libvirt-sanlock_6.0.0-0ubuntu8.3_amd64.deb Size: 26268 MD5sum: a725d558464b9d1774d0756a1bc5c7a8 SHA1: 08ab403252a2896c0778662a048f3723579fe011 SHA256: 9755aec0201537d582410501eb689891e117e39899564b1296ef7ebdf38089e4 SHA512: 17e3f5c9af176d0acd71b3c45d54a0416f6171deb0e23e2b0e100a40154e2e030fbc015bec5b999c5b9626a2d73435d5cdbcd36deb33cf8caedd927b6eea31eb Homepage: https://libvirt.org/ Description-en: Sanlock plugin for virtlockd 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.

Package: libvirt-sanlock Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.0.0-0ubuntu8 Priority: extra Section: universe/libs Source: libvirt Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 198 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libsanlock-client1 (>= 3.6.0-4build1), libvirt0 (= 6.0.0-0ubuntu8), augeas-tools Filename: pool/universe/libv/libvirt/libvirt-sanlock_6.0.0-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb Size: 26288 MD5sum: 63d5853a2fa7657be817e61f5459385b SHA1: d8f414245f8f7a59fd7fe0d1dffb57c52127366c SHA256: 5fed4fe41515473a4d2d44be8b21ac7eab1e20ee579085ff55374392d543c9ac Homepage: https://libvirt.org/ Description-en: Sanlock plugin for virtlockd 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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-sanlock package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.