How To Install libpam-cgfs on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpam-cgfs on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpam-cgfs is PAM module for managing cgroups for LXC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-cgfs on Debian 10.

What is libpam-cgfs

libpam-cgfs is:

LXCFS provides a FUSE based filesystem to improve the LXC experience within the containers.

This provides a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) to provide logged-in users with a set of cgroups which they can administer. This allows for instance unprivileged containers, and session management using cgroup process tracking.

There are three methods to install libpam-cgfs 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 libpam-cgfs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-cgfs

Install libpam-cgfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-cgfs

Install libpam-cgfs 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 libpam-cgfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-cgfs

How To Uninstall libpam-cgfs on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libpam-cgfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpam-cgfs

Uninstall libpam-cgfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpam-cgfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-cgfs

Remove libpam-cgfs Configurations and Data

To remove libpam-cgfs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-cgfs

Remove libpam-cgfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-cgfs

Dependencies

libpam-cgfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-cgfs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.