How To Install physlock on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install physlock on Ubuntu.
What is physlock
physlock is:
physlock is an alternative to vlock, it is equivalent to `vlock -an’. It is written because vlock blocks some Linux kernel mechanisms like hibernate and suspend and can therefore only be used with some limitations. physlock is designed to be more lightweight and it does not have a plugin interface.
There are three methods to install physlock on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install physlock Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install physlock using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install physlock
Install physlock Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install physlock using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install physlock
Install physlock 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install physlock using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install physlock
How To Uninstall physlock on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the physlock package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove physlock
Uninstall physlock And Its Dependencies
To uninstall physlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove physlock
Remove physlock Configurations and Data
To remove physlock configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge physlock
Remove physlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove physlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge physlock
Dependencies
physlock have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install physlock package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.