How To Install libcgroup-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgroup-devel on CentOS 7. libcgroup-devel is Development libraries to develop applications that utilize control

Introduction

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

What is libcgroup-devel

It provides API to create/delete and modify cgroup nodes. It will also in the future allow creation of persistent configuration for control groups and provide scripts to manage that configuration. It provides API to create/delete and modify cgroup nodes. It will also in the future allow creation of persistent configuration for control groups and provide scripts to manage that configuration.

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

Install libcgroup-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcgroup-devel

Install libcgroup-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcgroup-devel

How To Uninstall libcgroup-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libcgroup-devel

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Summary

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