How to Install and Uninstall sysstat.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "sysstat.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install sysstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

$ sudo yum makecache $ sudo yum install sysstat.x86_64

2. Uninstall "sysstat.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall sysstat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:

$ sudo yum remove sysstat.x86_64 $ sudo yum autoremove

3. Information about the sysstat.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : sysstat
Arch : x86_64
Version : 10.1.5
Release : 18.amzn2.0.1
Size : 317 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux
URL : http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/
License : GPLv2+
Description : The sysstat package contains sar, sadf, mpstat, iostat, pidstat,
: nfsiostat-sysstat, tapestat, cifsiostat and sa tools for Linux.
: The sar command collects and reports system activity information.
: This information can be saved in a file in a binary format for
: future inspection. The statistics reported by sar concern I/O
: transfer rates, paging activity, process-related activities,
: interrupts, network activity, memory and swap space utilization,
: CPU utilization, kernel activities and TTY statistics, among
: others. Both UP and SMP machines are fully supported. The sadf
: command may be used to display data collected by sar in various
: formats (CSV, XML, etc.).
: The iostat command reports CPU utilization and I/O statistics for
: disks. The tapestat command reports statistics for tapes connected
: to the system. The mpstat command reports global and per-processor
: statistics. The pidstat command reports statistics for Linux tasks
: (processes). The nfsiostat-sysstat command reports I/O statistics
: for network file systems. The cifsiostat command reports I/O
: statistics for CIFS file systems.