How To Install lxlock on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxlock on Debian 9.
What is lxlock
lxlock is:
LXLock is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
It’s a simple locking utility for LXDE.
There are three methods to install lxlock 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 lxlock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxlock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxlock
Install lxlock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxlock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxlock
Install lxlock 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 lxlock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxlock
How To Uninstall lxlock on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lxlock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxlock
Uninstall lxlock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxlock
Remove lxlock Configurations and Data
To remove lxlock configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxlock
Remove lxlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxlock
Dependencies
lxlock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxlock package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.