How To Install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Nvidia GPU

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about Nvidia GPUs.

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

Install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu 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 pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu

Install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu 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 pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu

pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/f29cacdfe62a14cc1a8b400577c13bedd7d873
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/c59e984370500684890269a4ebe14de01e6330
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/README
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmda_nvidia.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmdanvidia
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/README
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmda_nvidia.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmdanvidia
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nvidia/root

References

pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.