How To Install perf on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perf
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is perf
This package contains the perf tool, which enables performance monitoring of the Linux kernel.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install perf
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perf.
Install perf 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 perf
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perf
Install perf 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 perf
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perf
How To Uninstall perf on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the perf
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perf
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.