How To Install stalld on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install stalld on CentOS 8. stalld is Daemon that finds starving tasks and gives them a temporary boost

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stalld on CentOS 8.

What is stalld

The stalld program monitors the set of system threads, looking for threads that are ready-to-run but have not been given processor time for some threshold period. When a starving thread is found, it is given a temporary boost using the SCHED_DEADLINE policy. The default is to allow 10 microseconds of runtime for 1 second of clock time.

We can use yum or dnf to install stalld on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install stalld.

Install stalld on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install stalld using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stalld

Install stalld on CentOS 8 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 stalld using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stalld

How To Uninstall stalld on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the stalld package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove stalld

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stalld on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.