How To Install lxcfs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 380 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxcfs on Ubuntu.
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. 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
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, 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 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
Dependencies
lxcfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxcfs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.