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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "safelease" package

This is a short guide on how to install safelease on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall safelease on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: safelease
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Milan Zamazal
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/safelease/safelease_1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10720
MD5sum: 2926ffb4eaef0947fc147b2280da7a2a
SHA1: 0a159dbcbdc039cf8ffaeec031a5cede76eac40c
SHA256: 91e7001faaa459296181c35c92cd804cbdd0b3e2a240ac6e697e51a9a37e7920
Description-en: Legacy locking utility for Vdsm
Safelease is a legacy cluster lock utility used by Vdsm. It is based on
the algorithm presented in the article "Light-Weight Leases for
Storage-Centric Coordination" by G Chockler and D Malkhi.
Description-md5: 0103313edee18ae6b4fba84eab1a6a84
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu