How To Install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pcp is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Python3 bindings and documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-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 Python3.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-pcp.

Install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-pcp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-pcp

Install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-pcp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-pcp

How To Uninstall python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-pcp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-pcp

python3-pcp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/3be2ad8f40eab6355456844f3da55056c92f95
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/017ec0955e91c6584fa1245b239e69afc2239a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/66ecdbef79f9181a3df75a3737edd00b900e9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/b557947566c1fd63079de9fa0e4ab92614f248
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/2299bc2a9377dbf8892f141f7c79a2febf9150
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cmmv.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cpmapi.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cpmda.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cpmgui.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cpmi.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp-5.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp-5.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp-5.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp-5.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp-5.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/mmv.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/mmv.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/mmv.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmapi.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmapi.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmapi.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmcc.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmcc.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmcc.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmconfig.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmconfig.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmconfig.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmda.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmda.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmda.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmgui.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmgui.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmgui.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmi.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmi.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/__pycache__/pmi.cpython-36.pyo
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/mmv.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmapi.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmcc.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmconfig.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmda.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmgui.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcp/pmi.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.