How To Install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8.
What is cockpit-pcp
Cockpit support for reading PCP metrics and loading PCP archives.
We can use yum or dnf to install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cockpit-pcp.
Install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-pcp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cockpit-pcp
Install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cockpit-pcp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cockpit-pcp
How To Uninstall cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cockpit-pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cockpit-pcp
cockpit-pcp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/4dc6b53b8852f9527b3c7c4d3f73d54091eb81
/usr/libexec/cockpit-pcp
/usr/share/cockpit/pcp
/usr/share/cockpit/pcp/manifest.json
/var/lib/pcp/config/pmlogconf/tools/cockpit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-pcp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.