How To Install capstats on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install capstats on CentOS 7. capstats is A command-line tool collecting packet statistics

Introduction

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

What is capstats

capstats is a small tool to collect statistics on the current load of a network interface. It reports statistics per time interval and/or for the tool’s total run-time.

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

Install capstats on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install capstats

Install capstats 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 capstats using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install capstats

How To Uninstall capstats on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove capstats

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Summary

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