How To Install cgmanager-tests on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is cgmanager-tests

cgmanager-tests 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 test scripts.

There are three methods to install cgmanager-tests 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-tests 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-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgmanager-tests

Install cgmanager-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cgmanager-tests

Install cgmanager-tests 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-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgmanager-tests

How To Uninstall cgmanager-tests on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cgmanager-tests

Uninstall cgmanager-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgmanager-tests

Remove cgmanager-tests Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cgmanager-tests

Remove cgmanager-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgmanager-tests

Dependencies

cgmanager-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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