How To Install munin-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install munin-common on CentOS 7. munin-common is Network-wide resource monitoring tool (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install munin-common on CentOS 7.

What is munin-common

Munin is a highly flexible and powerful solution used to create graphs of virtually everything imaginable throughout your network, while still maintaining a rattling ease of installation and configuration. This package contains common files that are used by both the server (munin) and node (munin-node) packages.

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

Install munin-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install munin-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install munin-common

Install munin-common 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 munin-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install munin-common

How To Uninstall munin-common on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the munin-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove munin-common

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Summary

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