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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "physlock" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install physlock on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall physlock on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                physlock
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the physlock package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: physlock
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Prokop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.10)
Filename: pool/universe/p/physlock/physlock_0.4.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10034
MD5sum: 99242da94085445fa0558768cb6238ac
SHA1: 5889b35b31481add93fedcbddb0365fd40afde88
SHA256: 1d368287d579bf259e7c9d4a158d4e952890c495ec5d4f81565a67e35148d0c0
Description-en: lightweight Linux console locking tool
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.
Description-md5: 77b5394eb44753f4d7bdc19072f14ef2
Homepage: https://github.com/muennich/physlock
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu