How To Install innotop on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install innotop on Rocky Linux 8. innotop is A MySQL and InnoDB monitor program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install innotop on Rocky Linux 8.

What is innotop

innotop connects to a MySQL database server and retrieves information from it, then displays it in a manner similar to the UNIX top program. innotop uses the data from SHOW VARIABLES, SHOW GLOBAL STATUS, SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST, and SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS, among other things.

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

Install innotop 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 innotop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install innotop

Install innotop 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 innotop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install innotop

How To Uninstall innotop on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove innotop

innotop Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/innotop
/usr/share/doc/innotop
/usr/share/doc/innotop/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/innotop
/usr/share/licenses/innotop/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/innotop.1.gz

References

Summary

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