How To Install nyx on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nyx on Rocky Linux 8. nyx is Command-line monitor for Tor

Introduction

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

What is `nyx`

Nyx is a command-line monitor for Tor. With this you can get detailed real-time information about your relay such as bandwidth usage, connections, logs, and much more.

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

Install nyx 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 nyx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nyx

Install nyx 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 nyx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nyx

How To Uninstall nyx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nyx

nyx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/nyx
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx-2.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/arguments.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/arguments.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/curses.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/curses.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/menu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/menu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/popups.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/popups.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/starter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/starter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/tracker.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/__pycache__/tracker.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/arguments.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/curses.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/menu.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/graph.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/graph.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/header.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/header.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/interpreter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/interpreter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/torrc.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/__pycache__/torrc.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/connection.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/graph.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/header.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/interpreter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/panel/torrc.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/popups.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings/attributes.cfg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/settings/dedup.cfg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/starter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/nyx/tracker.py
/usr/share/licenses/nyx
/usr/share/licenses/nyx/LICENSE

References

nyx website

Summary

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