How To Install stacer on CentOS 8

stacer is Linux system optimizer and monitoring

Introduction

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

What is stacer

Stacer is an open source system optimizer and application monitor that helps users to manage entire system with different aspects, its an all in one system utility.

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

Install stacer 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 stacer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stacer

Install stacer 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 stacer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stacer

How To Uninstall stacer on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove stacer

stacer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/stacer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/ce508bdf282c65c463897489cbef0f5c7fe96f
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/66f2ef447cddc434622051a9428ef06b332248
/usr/lib64/libstacer-core.so.1
/usr/lib64/libstacer-core.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libstacer-core.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/stacer
/usr/lib64/stacer/stacer
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_ar.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_ca-es.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_de.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_en.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_es.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_fr.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_hi.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_it.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_kn.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_ml.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_nl.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_oc.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_pl.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_pt.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_ru.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_sv.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_tr.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_ua.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_vn.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_zh-cn.qm
/usr/lib64/stacer/translations/stacer_zh-tw.qm
/usr/share/applications/stacer.desktop
/usr/share/doc/stacer
/usr/share/doc/stacer/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/stacer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/stacer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/stacer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/stacer.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/stacer.png
/usr/share/licenses/stacer
/usr/share/licenses/stacer/LICENSE

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Summary

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