How To Install gkrellm on CentOS 8

gkrellm is Multiple stacked system monitors in one process

Introduction

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

What is gkrellm

GKrellM charts CPU, load, Disk, and all active net interfaces automatically. An on/off button and online timer for the PPP interface is provided, as well as monitors for memory and swap usage, file system, internet connections, APM laptop battery, mbox style mailboxes, and temperature sensors on supported systems. Also included is an uptime monitor, a hostname label, and a clock/calendar. Additional features are * Autoscaling grid lines with configurable grid line resolution. * LED indicators for the net interfaces. * A gui popup for configuration of chart sizes and resolutions.

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

Install gkrellm 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 gkrellm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gkrellm

Install gkrellm 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 gkrellm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gkrellm

How To Uninstall gkrellm on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gkrellm

gkrellm Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gkrellm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/5300f57d88e62a3e8db399199e9b2ee3bd27e5
/usr/lib64/gkrellm2
/usr/lib64/gkrellm2/plugins
/usr/share/appdata/gnome-gkrellm.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/gnome-gkrellm.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gkrellm
/usr/share/doc/gkrellm/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/gkrellm/README
/usr/share/doc/gkrellm/Themes.html
/usr/share/gkrellm2
/usr/share/gkrellm2/themes
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gkrellm.png
/usr/share/licenses/gkrellm
/usr/share/licenses/gkrellm/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gkrellm.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/gkrellm.1.gz

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Summary

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