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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-cisco on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-cisco is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for Cisco routers

Introduction

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

What is pcp-pmda-cisco

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about Cisco routers.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-cisco

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-cisco

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

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-cisco

pcp-pmda-cisco Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/5e9dc968786053cdb015baf1fc2323eeb8e419
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/81f89e73d102d051f3357b9eab75fe0aa96ec3
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/README
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/parse
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/pmdacisco
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/probe
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cisco/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/README
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/parse
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/pmdacisco
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/probe
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cisco/root

References

Summary

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