How To Install below on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install below on Rocky Linux 8. below is Interactive tool to view and record historical system data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install below on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `below`

below is an interactive tool to view and record historical system data. It has support for - information regarding hardware resource utilization - viewing the cgroup hierarchy - cgroup and process information - pressure stall information (PSI) - record mode to record system data - replay mode to replay historical system data - live mode to view live system data - dump subcommand to report script-friendly information (e.g. JSON and CSV) below does not have support for cgroup1. The name “below” stems from the fact that the below developers rejected many of atop’s design and style decisions.

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

Install below on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install below

Install below on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install below

How To Uninstall below on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove below

below Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/below.conf
/usr/bin/below
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/c657d7778132626936e643520072ad4dd96b68
/usr/lib/systemd/system/below.service
/usr/share/doc/below
/usr/share/doc/below/README-epel.md
/usr/share/doc/below/README.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/below_config.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/below_dump.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/belowrc.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/building.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/cmd_config.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/comparison.md
/usr/share/doc/below/docs/docker.md
/usr/share/licenses/below
/usr/share/licenses/below/LICENSE
/var/log/below

References

below website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install below on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.