How To Install libcgroup-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcgroup-dev
libcgroup-dev is:
Control Groups (cgroups) provide a mechanism for aggregating/partitioning sets of tasks, and all their future children, into hierarchical groups with specialized behaviour.
libcgroup allows one to manipulate, control, administrate and monitor cgroups and the associated controllers.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libcgroup-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcgroup-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgroup-dev
Install libcgroup-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgroup-dev
Install libcgroup-dev 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 libcgroup-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgroup-dev
How To Uninstall libcgroup-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcgroup-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgroup-dev
Uninstall libcgroup-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgroup-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgroup-dev
Remove libcgroup-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcgroup-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgroup-dev
Remove libcgroup-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgroup-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgroup-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
