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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-summary on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-summary is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) summary metrics from pmie

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-summary`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about other installed PMDAs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-summary

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-summary

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

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-summary

pcp-pmda-summary Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pcp/summary
/etc/pcp/summary/expr.pmie
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/06d5e8c0465be1bcccf1ca647a74aea118cb8a
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/README
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/pmdasummary
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/summary/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/README
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/expr.pmie
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/pmdasummary
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/summary/root

References

pcp-pmda-summary website

Summary

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