How To Install dbench on CentOS 8

dbench is Filesystem load benchmarking tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbench on CentOS 8.

What is `dbench`

Dbench is a file system benchmark that generates load patterns similar to those of the commercial Netbench benchmark, but without requiring a lab of Windows load generators to run. It is now considered a de facto standard for generating load on the Linux VFS.

We can use yum or dnf to install dbench on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dbench.

Install dbench 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 dbench using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dbench

Install dbench 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 dbench using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dbench

How To Uninstall dbench on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dbench package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dbench

dbench Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dbench
/usr/bin/tbench
/usr/bin/tbench_srv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/7ed74708567ffe3f7e4547acf8519467213a20
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/e0e3ba91eea14c9b4475d4bd6e4d7d2f14f763
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/ff5daccc6a0fb054169f0caea38311c773b96c
/usr/share/dbench
/usr/share/dbench/client.txt
/usr/share/doc/dbench
/usr/share/doc/dbench/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dbench/README
/usr/share/man/man1/dbench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tbench.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tbench_srv.1.gz

References

dbench website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbench on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.