How To Install cgroupfs-mount on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroupfs-mount on Ubuntu 20.04. cgroupfs-mount is Light-weight package to set up cgroupfs mounts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroupfs-mount on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgroupfs-mount package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.