How to Install and Uninstall cgroup-bin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "cgroup-bin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cgroup-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install cgroup-bin

2. Uninstall "cgroup-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cgroup-bin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove cgroup-bin $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the cgroup-bin package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cgroup-bin
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 16
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Kastner
Architecture: all
Source: libcgroup
Version: 0.41-7ubuntu1
Depends: cgroup-tools
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcgroup/cgroup-bin_0.41-7ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 2482
MD5sum: 6ec7220d963ddfec719f053da4a172bd
SHA1: 4a3ead32f2ed5204f21dc1864508c381a814cc80
SHA256: b718d3c4b772b66fb48720376b55dacc4d959bc8e939ed2a9b0704b92668dc42
Description-en: control and monitor control groups (transitional package)
Package to ease upgrading from older cgroup-bin packages to the new
cgroup-tools package.
.
This package can be purged at anytime once the cgroup-bin package has been
installed.
Description-md5: 2a3bf376465a4f9e11c751f7f8c4fa22
Homepage: http://libcg.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu