How To Install collectd-mcelog on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-mcelog

This plugin monitors machine check exceptions reported by mcelog and generates appropriate notifications when machine check exceptions are detected.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-mcelog

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-mcelog

How To Uninstall collectd-mcelog on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-mcelog

collectd-mcelog Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/d81d531282f5203c708bd90150edc290f27888
/usr/lib64/collectd/mcelog.so

References

Summary

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