How To Install libcgroup on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup on CentOS 7. libcgroup is Library to control and monitor control groups

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup on CentOS 7.

What is libcgroup

Control groups infrastructure. The library helps manipulate, control, administrate and monitor control groups and the associated controllers. Control groups infrastructure. The library helps manipulate, control, administrate and monitor control groups and the associated controllers.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcgroup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcgroup.

Install libcgroup on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libcgroup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcgroup

Install libcgroup on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libcgroup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcgroup

How To Uninstall libcgroup on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libcgroup

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.