How to Install and Uninstall mlock Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: February 23,2025

1. Install "mlock" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mlock on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mlock
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mlock" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mlock on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mlock
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mlock package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mlock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8:2007f~dfsg-7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Source: uw-imap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 61
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/u/uw-imap/mlock_2007f~dfsg-7_amd64.deb
Size: 11988
MD5sum: 750b325bb084558fb360e03e3141c45c
SHA1: b34a6f0b7bb17ac3c8cfa82108704bca3d8e97a2
SHA256: 5cc03ccc426241a74e354f27e95d23bc644b2306d936ddb8af9a2195c38598d9
SHA512: 7e5bcc70f49eab7cd5d7c7a602a9931b969335740c2092f654843da320b0429e90ef750b7e25068e007ef0d3b5b44b9e0b57807939801ccef07b8e1fb87a9b8d
Homepage: http://www.washington.edu/imap/
Description-en: mailbox locking program
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a method of accessing
electronic messages kept on a (possibly shared) mail server.
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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.
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This package contains a program to lock mailbox files to avoid
corruption.
Description-md5: afe8a4d97e103642cba447a9323f0878