How to Install and Uninstall schedtool Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "schedtool" package

This tutorial shows how to install schedtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall schedtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                schedtool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the schedtool package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: schedtool
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 88
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thibaut VARENE
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/schedtool/schedtool_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 25634
MD5sum: 3bbdc62cb01e3648a382441886a320a6
SHA1: 8eb15da62ad96cac1d6048c4cb4411cb70f30e90
SHA256: bdf452da6dd48a6313e8e38393b21648945290eb0b43cc92666479d607996f2e
Description-en: Queries/alters process' scheduling policy and CPU affinity
Schedtool can query or alter a process' scheduling policy in Linux,
specifically assigning SCHED_NORMAL, _FIFO, _RR, _BATCH, _ISO or _IDLEPRIO. It
can set static priority for _FIFO and _RR. Setting CPU-affinity and (re)nicing
is also possible, making schedtool the definitive interface to Linux scheduler.
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It can be used to avoid skips and glitches in A/V applications, to lock
processes onto given CPUs on SMP/NUMA systems, which may be beneficial for
networking or benchmarks, or to adjust nice-levels of lesser important jobs to
maintain a high amount of interactive responsiveness under high load. It is
also handy to manage realtime processes.
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If you don't know about scheduling policies, you probably don't want to use
this program - or learn and read "man sched_setscheduler".
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Some supported scheduling policies (such as SCHED_ISO, or SCHED_IDLEPRIO) need
a patched kernel (eg. Con Kolivas' -ck patchset).
Description-md5: 3d03e09de1cd5474945d0ceda02e3393
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu