How To Install libcpuset1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuset1 on Kali Linux.

What is libcpuset1

libcpuset1 is:

The Cpuset System is a processor and memory placement mechanism that enables a system administrator to confine tasks to running on certain CPUs, and to allocating memory on certain Memory Nodes. The libcpuset library provides a convenient ‘C’ API to cpusets.

There are three methods to install libcpuset1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcpuset1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpuset1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcpuset1

Install libcpuset1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpuset1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcpuset1

Install libcpuset1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpuset1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpuset1

How To Uninstall libcpuset1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcpuset1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcpuset1

Uninstall libcpuset1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcpuset1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpuset1

Remove libcpuset1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcpuset1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpuset1

Remove libcpuset1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcpuset1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpuset1

Dependencies

libcpuset1 have the following dependencies:

• libbitmask1
• libc6

References

• libcpuset1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpuset1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.