How To Install pcp-webapi on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-webapi on CentOS 7.
What is pcp-webapi
Provides a daemon (pmwebd) that binds a large subset of the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) client API (PMAPI) to RESTful web applications using the HTTP (PMWEBAPI) protocol.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-webapi on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-webapi.
Install pcp-webapi 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-webapi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcp-webapi
Install pcp-webapi 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-webapi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcp-webapi
How To Uninstall pcp-webapi on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pcp-webapi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcp-webapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-webapi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.