How To Install sanlock on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sanlock on Debian 12.
What is sanlock
sanlock is:
Sanlock ensures that single disk cannot be used by more than one running VM at a time, across any host in a network.
This package contains the binaries and private shared libraries.
There are three methods to install sanlock on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 sanlock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sanlock
Install sanlock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sanlock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sanlock
Install 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sanlock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sanlock
How To Uninstall sanlock on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sanlock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sanlock
Uninstall sanlock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sanlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sanlock
Remove sanlock Configurations and Data
To remove sanlock configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sanlock
Remove sanlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sanlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sanlock
Dependencies
sanlock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sanlock package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
