How To Install riemann-c-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on Rocky Linux 8. riemann-c-client is The riemann C client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is riemann-c-client

This is a C client library for the Riemann monitoring system, providing a convenient and simple API, high test coverage and a copyleft license, along with API and ABI stability.

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

Install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install riemann-c-client

Install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install riemann-c-client

How To Uninstall riemann-c-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the riemann-c-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove riemann-c-client

riemann-c-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/riemann-client
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/bfd4377661e2967ad5cb6383c822a1d39c1581
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/9be79708e47fa44bacfb93cf5711067a08f875
/usr/lib64/libriemann-client.so.0
/usr/lib64/libriemann-client.so.0.9.0
/usr/share/doc/riemann-c-client
/usr/share/doc/riemann-c-client/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/riemann-c-client/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/riemann-client.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.