How to Install cpulimit software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install cpulimit software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

cpulimit software package provides tool for limiting the CPU usage of a process, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cpulimit 

cpulimit is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cpulimit package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cpulimit *

You will get with cpulimit package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cpulimit package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Administration Utilities
Package cpulimit
Version 2.0-1
Description tool for limiting the CPU usage of a process
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cpulimit software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?