How To Install pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7. pcp-parfait-agent is Parfait Java Agent for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7.

What is pcp-parfait-agent

This package contains the Parfait Agent for instrumenting Java applications. The agent can extract live performance metrics from the JVM and other sources, in unmodified applications (via the -java-agent java command line option). It interfaces to Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) using the Memory Mapped Value (MMV) machinery for extremely lightweight instrumentation.

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

Install pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pcp-parfait-agent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-parfait-agent

Install pcp-parfait-agent 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 pcp-parfait-agent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-parfait-agent

How To Uninstall pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pcp-parfait-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-parfait-agent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-parfait-agent on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.