How To Install cputool on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cputool on Debian 10.
What is cputool
cputool is:
CPUTool allows the limiting of cpu usage of a process or a process group to a given limit and allows the suspensions of process execution if the system load exceeds a defined threshold.
There are three methods to install cputool 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 cputool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cputool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cputool
Install cputool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cputool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cputool
Install cputool 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 cputool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cputool
How To Uninstall cputool on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cputool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cputool
Uninstall cputool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cputool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cputool
Remove cputool Configurations and Data
To remove cputool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cputool
Remove cputool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cputool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cputool
Dependencies
cputool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cputool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.