How To Install yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7.
What is yum-plugin-ps
When this plugin is installed it adds the yum command “ps”, which allows you to see which running processes are accociated with which packages (and if they need rebooting, or have updates, etc.)
We can use yum or dnf to install yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yum-plugin-ps.
Install yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install yum-plugin-ps using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-ps
Install yum-plugin-ps 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 yum-plugin-ps using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install yum-plugin-ps
How To Uninstall yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the yum-plugin-ps package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove yum-plugin-ps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-ps on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
