How To Install cgmanager on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgmanager on Debian 9. cgmanager is Central cgroup manager daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgmanager on Debian 9.

What is cgmanager

cgmanager is:

cgmanager provides a central cgroup manager daemon and a per-namespace manager proxy, allowing users and programs to administrate cgroups through D-Bus requests.

This package contains the cgroup management daemon and proxy.

There are three methods to install cgmanager on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cgmanager Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cgmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgmanager

Install cgmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cgmanager using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cgmanager

Install cgmanager 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cgmanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgmanager

How To Uninstall cgmanager on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cgmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cgmanager

Uninstall cgmanager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgmanager

Remove cgmanager Configurations and Data

To remove cgmanager configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgmanager

Remove cgmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cgmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgmanager

Dependencies

cgmanager have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgmanager package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.