How to Install and Uninstall mlock Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "mlock" package

Learn how to install mlock on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mlock on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mlock
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8:2007f~dfsg-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
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: 55
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/u/uw-imap/mlock_2007f~dfsg-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 11254
MD5sum: 5ecb5a51ba64acc77a24debeb13c9346
SHA1: df96dbd1aa30db483100ad1008ec9e2400608177
SHA256: c293697c1307418e1303a2a48d7c5c73eec01c5510559e02d498a75f6b806ec5
SHA512: f7682278e4ace90a2e3eb9a5a1900696d6695f9f75cfe028713b3128e91c1d082a12db56f1899e235c975818f544ef3a78d6dcfd1237d124321fd14bf56883e0
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

Package: mlock
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 84
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Magnus Holmgren
Architecture: amd64
Source: uw-imap
Version: 8:2007f~dfsg-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/u/uw-imap/mlock_2007f~dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 12046
MD5sum: fba542e775f296197d1b2d442a9cd30b
SHA1: dbadd1c8675dc16c747fe048ba1e1bacd7ce9707
SHA256: e85a9f1fac2141ff2da4a90ce9dc12fbfb8b2b4bc5eeabd1f2a53aba348bf11e
Description-en: mailbox locking program
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.
Description-md5: afe8a4d97e103642cba447a9323f0878
Homepage: http://www.washington.edu/imap/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu