How To Install libcgroup1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcgroup1
libcgroup1 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libcgroup1 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 libcgroup1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgroup1
Install libcgroup1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgroup1
Install libcgroup1 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 libcgroup1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgroup1
How To Uninstall libcgroup1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcgroup1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgroup1
Uninstall libcgroup1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgroup1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgroup1
Remove libcgroup1 Configurations and Data
To remove libcgroup1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgroup1
Remove libcgroup1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgroup1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgroup1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
