How To Install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop in AlmaLinux 8. apachetop is A top-like display of Apache logs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8.

What is apachetop

ApacheTop watches a logfile generated by Apache (in standard common or combined logformat, although it doesn’t (yet) make use of any of the extra fields in combined) and generates human-parsable output in realtime.

We can use yum or dnf to install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apachetop.

Install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apachetop using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apachetop

Install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apachetop using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apachetop

How To Uninstall apachetop on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the apachetop package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apachetop

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.