How To Install bonnie++ on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bonnie++ on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bonnie++
bonnie++ filesystem and disk benchmark suite aggressively reads & writes in various ways on your filesystem then outputs useful benchmark performance data. bonnie++ is also useful as a hardware, disk, and filesystem stability test, exposing some types of hardware or kernel failures that would otherwise be difficult to detect. Do not leave bonnie++ installed on a production system. Use only while you test servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install bonnie++ on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bonnie++.
Install bonnie++ 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 bonnie++ using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bonnie++
Install bonnie++ 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 bonnie++ using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bonnie++
How To Uninstall bonnie++ on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bonnie++ package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bonnie++
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bonnie++ on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.