How To Install mlock on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlock on Debian 9.
What is mlock
mlock is:
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a method of accessing electronic messages kept on a (possibly shared) mail server.
The UW (University of Washington) IMAP toolkit provides the c-client mail-handling library supporting various network transport methods, file system storage formats, and authentication and authorization methods.
This package contains a program to lock mailbox files to avoid corruption.
There are three methods to install mlock 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 mlock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mlock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlock
Install mlock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlock
Install mlock 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 mlock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlock
How To Uninstall mlock on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mlock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlock
Uninstall mlock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlock
Remove mlock Configurations and Data
To remove mlock configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlock
Remove mlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlock
Dependencies
mlock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlock package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.