How To Install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-chrony is Chrony plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8.

What is collectd-chrony

Chrony plugin for collectd

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-chrony.

Install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-chrony

Install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-chrony

How To Uninstall collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-chrony

collectd-chrony Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/70841954d05a8cac2159d43bbe81703a29eac3
/usr/lib64/collectd/chrony.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-chrony on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.