How To Install lockfile-progs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lockfile-progs on Debian 9.
What is lockfile-progs
lockfile-progs is:
This package includes several programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes from the command line. These include:
lockfile-create lockfile-remove lockfile-touchlock mail-lock mail-unlock mail-touchlock
These programs use liblockfile to perform the file locking and unlocking, so they are guaranteed compatible with Debian’s file locking policies.
There are three methods to install lockfile-progs 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 lockfile-progs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lockfile-progs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lockfile-progs
Install lockfile-progs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lockfile-progs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lockfile-progs
Install lockfile-progs 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 lockfile-progs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lockfile-progs
How To Uninstall lockfile-progs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lockfile-progs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lockfile-progs
Uninstall lockfile-progs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lockfile-progs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lockfile-progs
Remove lockfile-progs Configurations and Data
To remove lockfile-progs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lockfile-progs
Remove lockfile-progs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lockfile-progs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lockfile-progs
Dependencies
lockfile-progs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lockfile-progs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.