How To Install gkrellm-daemon on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-daemon on CentOS 8.
What is gkrellm-daemon
gkrellmd listens for connections from gkrellm clients. When a gkrellm client connects to a gkrellmd server all builtin monitors collect their data from the server.
We can use yum or dnf to install gkrellm-daemon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gkrellm-daemon.
Install gkrellm-daemon 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-daemon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gkrellm-daemon
Install gkrellm-daemon 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-daemon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gkrellm-daemon
How To Uninstall gkrellm-daemon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gkrellm-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gkrellm-daemon
gkrellm-daemon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/gkrellmd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/f24398497bd3c3c6abcdcbac2b8696bd2af9d9
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gkrellmd.service
/usr/sbin/gkrellmd
/usr/share/licenses/gkrellm
/usr/share/licenses/gkrellm/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/gkrellmd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-daemon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.