How To Install pcp-pmda-sockets on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-sockets on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pcp-pmda-sockets
This package contains the PCP Performance Metric Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting per-socket statistics, making use of utilities such as ‘ss’.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-pmda-sockets on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-pmda-sockets.
Install pcp-pmda-sockets 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-sockets using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-sockets
Install pcp-pmda-sockets 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-sockets using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-sockets
How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-sockets on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-sockets package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-sockets
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-sockets on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
