How To Install collectd-dbi on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-dbi

This plugin uses the dbi library to connect to various databases, execute SQL statements and read back the results.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-dbi

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-dbi

How To Uninstall collectd-dbi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-dbi

collectd-dbi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/d1621f76c5752af39f80d428163f82b5880b8b
/usr/lib64/collectd/dbi.so

References

Summary

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