How to Install and Uninstall sysstat.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "sysstat.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install sysstat.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install sysstat.x86_64

2. Uninstall "sysstat.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall sysstat.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:

$ sudo dnf remove sysstat.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the sysstat.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 8:39:12 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Available Packages
Name : sysstat
Version : 11.7.3
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 425 k
Source : sysstat-11.7.3-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Collection of performance monitoring tools for Linux
URL : http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/
License : GPLv2+
Description : The sysstat package contains the sar, sadf, mpstat, iostat, tapestat,
: pidstat, cifsiostat and sa tools for Linux.
: The sar command collects and reports system activity information.
: The information collected by sar 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 cifsiostat command reports I/O statistics for CIFS file systems.