How To Install mlock on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlock on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlock

Remove mlock Configurations and Data

To remove mlock configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• mlock website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlock package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.