How To Install collectd-rrdtool on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-rrdtool

This plugin for collectd provides rrdtool support.

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

Install collectd-rrdtool 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-rrdtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-rrdtool

Install collectd-rrdtool 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-rrdtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-rrdtool

How To Uninstall collectd-rrdtool on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-rrdtool

collectd-rrdtool Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/b524895718f218f9e07c8f3ecd2e3d2a315398
/usr/lib64/collectd/rrdtool.so

References

Summary

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