How to Install Saidar in CentOS
How to Install Saidar in CentOS
Saidar is a text-based utility used to view system statistics that are available in libstatgrab. The libstatgrab provides an access to statistics about the system information including CPU, processes, load, memory, network I/O and disks I/O along with their free space. Installation of Saidar monitoring tool in CentOS is explained in this article.
Installation of Saidar
First you need to install epel repository as shown below,
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum install epel-release -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00
extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00
updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fibergrid.in
* extras: mirror.fibergrid.in
* updates: mirror.fibergrid.in
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
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Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 14 k
Installed size: 24 k
Downloading packages:
epel-release-7-6.noarch.rpm | 14 kB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : epel-release-7-6.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-7-6.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release.noarch 0:7-6
Complete!
Then utilize the following command to install the libstatgrab package.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum install libstatgrab -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
epel/x86_64/metalink | 4.2 kB 00:00:00
epel | 4.3 kB 00:00:00
(1/3): epel/x86_64/group_gz | 170 kB 00:00:00
(2/3): epel/x86_64/updateinfo | 673 kB 00:00:11
(3/3): epel/x86_64/primary_db | 4.3 MB 00:00:39
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fibergrid.in
* epel: epel.mirror.net.in
* extras: mirror.fibergrid.in
* updates: mirror.fibergrid.in
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libstatgrab.x86_64 1:0.91-4.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: liblog4cplus-1.1.so.9()(64bit) for package: 1:libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package log4cplus.x86_64 0:1.1.3-0.4.rc3.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
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Total download size: 216 k
Installed size: 651 k
Downloading packages:
warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/epel/packages/libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 352c64e5: NOKEYETA
Public key for libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64.rpm is not installed
(1/2): libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64.rpm | 53 kB 00:00:00
(2/2): log4cplus-1.1.3-0.4.rc3.el7.x86_64.rpm | 162 kB 00:00:01
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Total 148 kB/s | 216 kB 00:00:01
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Importing GPG key 0x352C64E5:
Userid : " Fedora EPEL (7) < epel@fedoraproject.org> "
Fingerprint: 91e9 7d7c 4a5e 96f1 7f3e 888f 6a2f aea2 352c 64e5
Package : epel-release-7-6.noarch (@extras)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : log4cplus-1.1.3-0.4.rc3.el7.x86_64 1/2
Installing : 1:libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : log4cplus-1.1.3-0.4.rc3.el7.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : 1:libstatgrab-0.91-4.el7.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
libstatgrab.x86_64 1:0.91-4.el7
Dependency Installed:
log4cplus.x86_64 0:1.1.3-0.4.rc3.el7
Complete!
Now its time to install the saidar package.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# yum install saidar -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fibergrid.in
* epel: epel.mirror.net.in
* extras: mirror.fibergrid.in
* updates: mirror.fibergrid.in
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package saidar.x86_64 1:0.91-4.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
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Total download size: 25 k
Installed size: 43 k
Downloading packages:
saidar-0.91-4.el7.x86_64.rpm | 25 kB 00:00:00
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : 1:saidar-0.91-4.el7.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : 1:saidar-0.91-4.el7.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
saidar.x86_64 1:0.91-4.el7
Complete!
Once the saidar is installed successfully, open it through the terminal.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# saidar
If you want to view the output in color, use the following command.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# saidar -c
The ' -d' command shows the output with time delay.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# saidar -d 1
The ' -c -d' command displays the output in color along with the time delay.
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# saidar -c -d 2
Q
Is support for chroot planned?
A
Unknown at this time. Unless/until that changes, you can achieve a similar - or better - effect by using OS-level features (for example BSD Jails, OpenVZ with proxyarp on Linux, etc.).
Q
how to install it in debian?
A
follow this link : " https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-saidar-system-monitoring-tool-in-debian/ "
Q
any alternative available for this tool ?
A
yes, there is
1.atop
2.Glances
3.Resource Monitor
Q
how do I install and use atop ?
A
follow this link : " https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-atop-in-linux/ "
Q
how do I use glance ?
A
follow this link : https://www.linuxhelp.com/monitor-linux-system-performance-using-glances-tool/