How To Install libstatgrab on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatgrab on CentOS 7.
What is libstatgrab
Libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it’s running. It’s written in C and presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network traffic, disk I/O, and more. The current list of supported and tested platforms includes FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, DragonFly BSD, HP-UX and AIX.
We can use yum or dnf to install libstatgrab on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libstatgrab.
Install libstatgrab on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libstatgrab using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libstatgrab
Install libstatgrab 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 libstatgrab using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libstatgrab
How To Uninstall libstatgrab on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libstatgrab package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libstatgrab
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatgrab on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
