How To Install sysusage-common on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysusage-common on CentOS 8.
What is sysusage-common
This package provides common files shared between sysusage and the rsysusage package
We can use yum or dnf to install sysusage-common on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sysusage-common.
Install sysusage-common 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 sysusage-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sysusage-common
Install sysusage-common 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 sysusage-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sysusage-common
How To Uninstall sysusage-common on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sysusage-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sysusage-common
sysusage-common Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/sysusage.cfg
/usr/share/licenses/sysusage-common
/usr/share/licenses/sysusage-common/LICENSE
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/SysUsage
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/SysUsage/Sar.pm
/var/lib/sysusage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sysusage-common on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.