How To Install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8. cockpit-pcp is Cockpit PCP integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cockpit-pcp

Cockpit support for reading PCP metrics and loading PCP archives.

We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-pcp.

Install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cockpit-pcp

Install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-pcp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cockpit-pcp

How To Uninstall cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the cockpit-pcp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cockpit-pcp

cockpit-pcp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/cfae712df4c0e7cffcbc4ce1e113f13ac8d473
/usr/libexec/cockpit-pcp
/usr/share/cockpit/pcp
/usr/share/cockpit/pcp/manifest.json
/var/lib/pcp/config/pmlogconf/tools/cockpit

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.