How To Install sysusage-common on CentOS 8

sysusage-common is Common files for sysusage

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.