How To Install cgroup-bin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-bin on Debian 9. cgroup-bin is control and monitor control groups (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-bin on Debian 9.

What is cgroup-bin

cgroup-bin is:

Package to ease upgrading from older cgroup-bin packages to the new cgroup-tools package.

This package can be purged at anytime once the cgroup-bin package has been installed.

There are three methods to install cgroup-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cgroup-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cgroup-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgroup-bin

Install cgroup-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cgroup-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cgroup-bin

Install cgroup-bin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cgroup-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgroup-bin

How To Uninstall cgroup-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cgroup-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cgroup-bin

Uninstall cgroup-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgroup-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgroup-bin

Remove cgroup-bin Configurations and Data

To remove cgroup-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgroup-bin

Remove cgroup-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cgroup-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgroup-bin

Dependencies

cgroup-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.