How To Install cgroup-lite on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-lite on Ubuntu 22.04. cgroup-lite is Light-weight package to set up cgroups at system boot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-lite on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cgroup-lite

cgroup-lite is:

Control groups are a kernel mechanism for tracking and imposing limits on resource usage on groups of task.

This package installs an upstart job to set up cgroups when the system boots, without doing any cgroup management or doing any classification of tasks into cgroups.

There are three methods to install cgroup-lite on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-lite 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-lite using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgroup-lite

Install cgroup-lite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cgroup-lite

Install cgroup-lite 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install cgroup-lite

How To Uninstall cgroup-lite on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cgroup-lite

Uninstall cgroup-lite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgroup-lite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgroup-lite

Remove cgroup-lite Configurations and Data

To remove cgroup-lite configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgroup-lite

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroup-lite package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.