How To Install nyx on CentOS 8

nyx is Command-line monitor for Tor

Introduction

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

What is `nyx`

Nyx is a command-line monitor for Tor. With this you can get detailed real-time information about your relay such as bandwidth usage, connections, logs, and much more.

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

Install nyx 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 nyx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nyx

Install nyx 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 nyx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nyx

How To Uninstall nyx on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove nyx

nyx Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/nyx
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/arguments.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/arguments.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/curses.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/curses.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/menu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/menu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/popups.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/popups.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/starter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/starter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/tracker.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/tracker.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/arguments.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/curses.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/menu.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/graph.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/graph.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/header.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/header.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/interpreter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/interpreter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/torrc.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/torrc.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/connection.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/graph.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/header.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/interpreter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/torrc.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/popups.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings/attributes.cfg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings/dedup.cfg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/starter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/tracker.py
/usr/share/licenses/nyx
/usr/share/licenses/nyx/LICENSE

References

nyx website

Summary

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