How To Install libcgroup2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup2 on Debian 12.
What is libcgroup2
libcgroup2 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 libcgroup2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcgroup2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgroup2
Install libcgroup2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgroup2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgroup2
Install libcgroup2 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 libcgroup2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgroup2
How To Uninstall libcgroup2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcgroup2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgroup2
Uninstall libcgroup2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgroup2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgroup2
Remove libcgroup2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcgroup2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgroup2
Remove libcgroup2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgroup2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgroup2
Dependencies
libcgroup2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
