How To Install capstats on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install capstats on Rocky Linux 8. capstats is A command-line tool collecting packet statistics

Introduction

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

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install capstats.

Install capstats 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 capstats using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install capstats

Install capstats 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 capstats using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install capstats

How To Uninstall capstats on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove capstats

capstats Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/capstats
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/05af0e14819ef6a23783e4eb9e86ff9339c9be
/usr/share/doc/capstats
/usr/share/doc/capstats/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/capstats/README
/usr/share/licenses/capstats
/usr/share/licenses/capstats/COPYING

References

Summary

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