How To Install cgroupfs-mount on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroupfs-mount on Debian 10.
What is cgroupfs-mount
cgroupfs-mount is:
Control groups are a kernel mechanism for tracking and imposing limits on resource usage on groups of tasks.
This package installs scripts to set up cgroups at boot without doing any cgroup management or doing any classification of tasks into cgroups.
There are three methods to install cgroupfs-mount on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cgroupfs-mount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cgroupfs-mount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cgroupfs-mount
Install cgroupfs-mount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cgroupfs-mount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cgroupfs-mount
Install cgroupfs-mount 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 cgroupfs-mount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cgroupfs-mount
How To Uninstall cgroupfs-mount on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cgroupfs-mount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cgroupfs-mount
Uninstall cgroupfs-mount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cgroupfs-mount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgroupfs-mount
Remove cgroupfs-mount Configurations and Data
To remove cgroupfs-mount configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cgroupfs-mount
Remove cgroupfs-mount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cgroupfs-mount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgroupfs-mount
Dependencies
cgroupfs-mount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroupfs-mount package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.