How To Install pcp-pmda-cifs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-cifs on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-cifs is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the CIFS protocol

Introduction

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

What is pcp-pmda-cifs

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about the Common Internet Filesytem.

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

Install pcp-pmda-cifs 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 pcp-pmda-cifs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-cifs

Install pcp-pmda-cifs 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 pcp-pmda-cifs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-cifs

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-cifs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-cifs

pcp-pmda-cifs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/9de719ea361a7a5b59c8ebcbafacd0379f7c34
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/2f00eef000c08a4d120d9dade505873ab765c3
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmda_cifs.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmdacifs
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmda_cifs.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmdacifs
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/root

References

Summary

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