How To Install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8.
What is pcp-pmda-mysql
This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about the MySQL database.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-mysql.
Install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pcp-pmda-mysql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-mysql
Install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8 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-pmda-mysql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-mysql
How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-mysql
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-mysql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.