How To Install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-cifs in Fedora 36. pcp-pmda-cifs is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the CIFS protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36.

What is `pcp-pmda-cifs`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about the Common Internet Filesytem.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-cifs.

Install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-cifs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-cifs

Install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-cifs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-cifs

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-cifs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-cifs

pcp-pmda-cifs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/71a9a07bce51b1f2c7cb38d7e4b4dfd2383907
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/4058de99efdb0dae4e7e61faf79ef011f70ce5
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pcp-pmda-cifs.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmda_cifs.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmdacifs
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/cifs/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmda_cifs.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmdacifs
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/cifs/root

References

pcp-pmda-cifs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-cifs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).