How To Install collectd-smart on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-smart

This plugin for collectd collects SMART statistics, notably load cycle count, temperature and bad sectors.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-smart

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-smart

How To Uninstall collectd-smart on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-smart

collectd-smart Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/738a435c791d674d414acca999980476db25b9
/usr/lib64/collectd/smart.so

References

Summary

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