How To Install libpam-cgroup on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-cgroup on Kali Linux.
What is libpam-cgroup
libpam-cgroup 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 PAM module to move a user session into an existing cgroup by attempting to match uid and gid against the defined cgroup rules configuration.
There are three methods to install libpam-cgroup 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 libpam-cgroup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpam-cgroup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-cgroupInstall libpam-cgroup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpam-cgroup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-cgroupInstall libpam-cgroup 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpam-cgroup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-cgroupHow To Uninstall libpam-cgroup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpam-cgroup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-cgroupUninstall libpam-cgroup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-cgroup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-cgroupRemove libpam-cgroup Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-cgroup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-cgroupRemove libpam-cgroup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-cgroup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-cgroupDependencies
libpam-cgroup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-cgroup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
