How To Install pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-conf.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pcp-conf.x86_64 is Performance Co-Pilot run-time configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pcp-conf.x86_64`

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) run-time configuration

We can use yum to install pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-conf.x86_64.

Install pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-conf.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-conf.x86_64

How To Uninstall pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pcp-conf.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pcp-conf.x86_64

pcp-conf.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/pcp.conf
/usr/include/pcp
/usr/include/pcp/builddefs
/usr/include/pcp/buildrules
/var/lib/pcp/config/derived
/var/lib/pcp/config/derived/cpu-util.conf
/var/lib/pcp/config/derived/iostat.conf
/var/lib/pcp/config/derived/proc.conf

References

pcp-conf.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-conf.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.