How To Install pcp-pmda-trace on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-trace`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about trace performance data in applications.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-trace

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-trace

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-trace on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-trace

pcp-pmda-trace Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/70474933f169fbf581909550f50c5d50d23210
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pcp-pmda-trace.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/README
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/pmdatrace
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/trace/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/README
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/pmdatrace
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/trace/root

References

pcp-pmda-trace website

Summary

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