How To Install vm-dump-metrics on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm-dump-metrics on Rocky Linux 8. vm-dump-metrics is Virtualization host metrics dump

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm-dump-metrics on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vm-dump-metrics`

Executable to dump all available virtualization host metrics to stdout or a file.

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

Install vm-dump-metrics 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 vm-dump-metrics using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vm-dump-metrics

Install vm-dump-metrics 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 vm-dump-metrics using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vm-dump-metrics

How To Uninstall vm-dump-metrics on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vm-dump-metrics package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vm-dump-metrics

vm-dump-metrics Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/1d7e585f377bdb85aff94f537823e43fd1f375
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/8465b89197f1544fe8e50f9fae70d81ea3ec19
/usr/lib/libmetrics.so.0
/usr/lib/libmetrics.so.0.0.0
/usr/sbin/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vm-dump-metrics.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/d1dd5bc6e7c5e5ebbb3954c10bec2be1246074
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/a370b446db5b5b57e9eb817b6f1131b675b5e1
/usr/lib64/libmetrics.so.0
/usr/lib64/libmetrics.so.0.0.0
/usr/sbin/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics
/usr/share/doc/vm-dump-metrics/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vm-dump-metrics.1.gz

References

vm-dump-metrics website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm-dump-metrics on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.