How to Install and Uninstall sysstat.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "sysstat.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install sysstat.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                sysstat.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sysstat.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall sysstat.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                sysstat.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sysstat.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : sysstat
Version : 11.7.3
Release : 7.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 424 k
Source : sysstat-11.7.3-7.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.