How to Install and Uninstall cpulimit Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cpulimit on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cpulimit" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cpulimit on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cpulimit
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cpulimit" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cpulimit on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cpulimit
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cpulimit package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cpulimit
Version: 2.8-1
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: gregor herrmann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: tool for limiting the CPU usage of a process
Description-md5: 0d65d775c76f4ab02a0ce878e5736fcc
Homepage: http://limitcpu.sourceforge.net/
Tag: admin::hardware, admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cpulimit/cpulimit_2.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 18900
MD5sum: 00ff6524d68a78d352b7e95ce39699da
SHA256: 5f85f41a342d48381d49cab37dfb5661440956713af4d9a5c576b65208bde7f2