How to Install and Uninstall cpulimit Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "cpulimit" package

This tutorial shows how to install cpulimit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cpulimit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: cpulimit
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: gregor herrmann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cpulimit/cpulimit_2.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 17352
MD5sum: e67f746372c78a04a926b511200250d3
SHA1: 3dc1a61892f5ea800961d1e490f388d52a8786cc
SHA256: a67f9287faa48d7dcdf889f28e8e33acfd64ce5a744747c6a66bd05575ce6a31
Homepage: http://limitcpu.sourceforge.net/
Description: tool for limiting the CPU usage of a process
Description-md5: 0d65d775c76f4ab02a0ce878e5736fcc