How To Install pcp-pmda-smart on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-smart in Fedora 36. pcp-pmda-smart is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for S.M.A.R.T values

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-smart`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metric Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics of disk S.M.A.R.T values making use of data from the smartmontools package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-smart

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-smart

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-smart on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-smart

pcp-pmda-smart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/b93697ebb5f5a199012805b4d242073cd176ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/8d51cd7a3d4ed7d093e9c95c59d1e048a57ab4
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pcp-pmda-smart.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmda_smart.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmdasmart
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/smart/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmda_smart.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmdasmart
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/smart/root

References

pcp-pmda-smart website

Summary

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