How To Install collectd-lua on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-lua in Fedora 36. collectd-lua is Lua plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-lua on Fedora 36.

What is `collectd-lua`

The Lua plugin embeds a Lua interpreter into collectd and exposes the application programming interface (API) to Lua scripts.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-lua on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-lua.

Install collectd-lua on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-lua using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-lua

Install collectd-lua on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-lua using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-lua

How To Uninstall collectd-lua on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the collectd-lua package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove collectd-lua

collectd-lua Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/74b07542d45b50d7759558bd97d8431000047b
/usr/lib64/collectd/lua.so
/usr/share/man/man5/collectd-lua.5.gz

References

collectd-lua website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-lua on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).