How To Install pcp-zeroconf on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-zeroconf on CentOS 7.

What is pcp-zeroconf

This package contains configuration tweaks and files to increase metrics gathering frequency, several extended pmlogger configurations, as well as automated pmie diagnosis, alerting and self-healing for the localhost. A cron script also writes daily performance summary reports similar to those written by sysstat.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcp-zeroconf on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcp-zeroconf.

Install pcp-zeroconf 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-zeroconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-zeroconf

Install pcp-zeroconf 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-zeroconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-zeroconf

How To Uninstall pcp-zeroconf on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pcp-zeroconf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-zeroconf

References

• pcp-zeroconf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-zeroconf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.