How To Install dstat on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dstat on CentOS 7.
What is dstat
Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of their limitations and adds some extra features, more counters and flexibility. Dstat is handy for monitoring systems during performance tuning tests, benchmarks or troubleshooting. Dstat allows you to view all of your system resources instantly, you can eg. compare disk usage in combination with interrupts from your IDE controller, or compare the network bandwidth numbers directly with the disk throughput (in the same interval). Dstat gives you detailed selective information in columns and clearly indicates in what magnitude and unit the output is displayed. Less confusion, less mistakes.
We can use yum or dnf to install dstat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dstat.
Install dstat on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install dstat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dstat
Install dstat 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 dstat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dstat
How To Uninstall dstat on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dstat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dstat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dstat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
