How To Install ksysguardd on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is ksysguardd

Performance monitor daemon.

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

Install ksysguardd 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 ksysguardd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksysguardd

Install ksysguardd 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 ksysguardd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksysguardd

How To Uninstall ksysguardd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ksysguardd

ksysguardd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ksysguarddrc
/usr/bin/ksysguardd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/6b075ea68d5923b6877c646f577614a1061699
/usr/share/licenses/ksysguardd
/usr/share/licenses/ksysguardd/COPYING

References

• ksysguardd website

Summary

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