How To Install python-pcp on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pcp on CentOS 7.
What is python-pcp
This python PCP module contains the language bindings for Performance Metric API (PMAPI) monitor tools and Performance Metric Domain Agent (PMDA) collector tools written in Python.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-pcp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-pcp.
Install python-pcp on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-pcp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-pcp
Install python-pcp 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 python-pcp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-pcp
How To Uninstall python-pcp on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-pcp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pcp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
