How to install cgroups on Mac OS

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How can I install on my ordinary MacOS

(Darwin Kernel Version 19.2.0: Sat Nov  9 03:47:04 PST 2019; root:xnu-6153.61.1~20/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 i386)

the Control Groups tools (tools to control and monitor control groups)? Is this even possible for my Mac? I already did it and got this using Homebrew:

YanasMacBookPro:testdir mac$ brew install libcgroup
Error: No available formula with the name "libcgroup" 
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Warning: homebrew/core is shallow clone. To get complete history run:
  git -C "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)" fetch --unshallow
Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching taps...
==> Searching taps on GitHub...
Error: No formulae found in taps.

cgroups and namespaces need kernel support. See if the Mac`s kernel supports them. — ctrl-alt-delor, Dec 24 '19 at 16:44

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '19 at 16:42

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cgroups is a Linux kernel-specific feature, so you won't find it on your Mac.

answered Dec 24 '19 at 16:42

schaiba

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And the answer to some people's _next_ question would be at https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/113471/5132 . (-: – JdeBP Dec 24 '19 at 16:47
Also, may be worth reading [cgroups.txt](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt) – Paulo Tomé Dec 24 '19 at 17:01
does it mean that i cannot run Docker on my mac? – Yana Shetko Dec 24 '19 at 21:13
Yes, you can, via Virtualbox, if memory serves. See here : https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/ – schaiba Dec 25 '19 at 07:45
Thank you so much! – Yana Shetko Dec 25 '19 at 20:45

How to install cgroups on Mac OS

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