How To Install pcp-pmda-perfevent on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-perfevent in Fedora 36. pcp-pmda-perfevent is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for hardware counters

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-perfevent`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting hardware counters statistics through libpfm.

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

Install pcp-pmda-perfevent 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-perfevent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-perfevent

Install pcp-pmda-perfevent 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-perfevent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-perfevent

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-perfevent on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-perfevent

pcp-pmda-perfevent Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pcp/perfevent
/etc/pcp/perfevent/perfevent.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/b271d02272f68e1f54e2b3259fcd3208ceab14
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/eed1a9d8a3f153130a4963f12a2d8fe4d64635
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/a67c7d4a113c23765482d9a91ad238a6438b7d
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pcp-pmda-perfevent.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Upgrade
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/perfalloc
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/perfevent-makerewrite.pl
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmda_perfevent.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmdaperfevent
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/Upgrade
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/perfalloc
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/perfevent-makerewrite.pl
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/perfevent.conf
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmda_perfevent.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmdaperfevent
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/perfevent/root

References

pcp-pmda-perfevent website

Summary

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