How To Install collectd-rrdcached on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-rrdcached

This plugin uses the RRDtool accelerator daemon, rrdcached(1), to store values to RRD files in an efficient manner.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-rrdcached

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-rrdcached

How To Uninstall collectd-rrdcached on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-rrdcached

collectd-rrdcached Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/47e1c55b88c91da843e9d6d7802645cd66da17
/usr/lib64/collectd/rrdcached.so

References

Summary

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