How To Install awstats on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install awstats on CentOS 7. awstats is Advanced Web Statistics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install awstats on CentOS 7.

What is awstats

Advanced Web Statistics is a powerful and full-featured tool that generates advanced web server graphical statistics. This server log analyzer works from the command line or as a CGI and shows all information your log contains, in graphical web pages. It can analyze a lot of web/wap/proxy servers such as Apache, IIS, Weblogic, Webstar, Squid, … but also mail or FTP servers. This program can measure visits, unique visitors, authenticated users, pages, domains/countries, OS busiest times, robot visits, type of files, search engines/keywords used, visit duration, HTTP errors and more… Statistics can be updated from a browser or your scheduler. The program also supports virtual servers, plugins and a lot of features. With the default configuration, the statistics are available http

We can use yum or dnf to install awstats on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install awstats.

Install awstats on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install awstats

Install awstats on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install awstats

How To Uninstall awstats on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove awstats

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install awstats on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.