How To Install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pcp-pmda-smart
This package contains the PCP Performance Metric Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics of disk S.M.A.R.T values making use of data from the smartmontools package.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-smart.
Install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 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-smart using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-smart
Install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 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-smart using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-smart
How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-smart package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-smart
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-smart on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
