How To Install lxcfs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxcfs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lxcfs
lxcfs is:
LXCFS provides a FUSE based filesystem to improve the LXC experience within the containers.
This filesystem offers both a cgroupfs-like view for use by unprivileged containers which wouldn’t otherwise be allowed to mount cgroupfs. And a set of files that are meant to be bind-mounted over their /proc equivalent to make them cgroup-aware.
There are three methods to install lxcfs
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lxcfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxcfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxcfs
Install lxcfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxcfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxcfs
Install lxcfs 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 lxcfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxcfs
How To Uninstall lxcfs on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lxcfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxcfs
Uninstall lxcfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxcfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxcfs
Remove lxcfs Configurations and Data
To remove lxcfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxcfs
Remove lxcfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxcfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxcfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxcfs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.