How To Install collectd-email on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-email

This plugin collects data provided by spamassassin.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-email

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-email

How To Uninstall collectd-email on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-email

collectd-email Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/collectd.d/email.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/a74d4fcdad7c19a5e74123940682b65a9856d8
/usr/lib64/collectd/email.so
/usr/share/man/man5/collectd-email.5.gz

References

Summary

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