How To Install slurm-rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8. slurm-rrdtool is Slurm rrdtool external sensor plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8.

What is slurm-rrdtool

Slurm external sensor plugin for rrdtool. This package is separated from the base plugins package due to gui dependencies which are unneeded if not using this plugin.

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

Install slurm-rrdtool 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 slurm-rrdtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slurm-rrdtool

Install slurm-rrdtool 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 slurm-rrdtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slurm-rrdtool

How To Uninstall slurm-rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the slurm-rrdtool package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slurm-rrdtool

slurm-rrdtool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/59506a624dfd1e37163e1ba5c2438de028218f
/usr/lib64/slurm/ext_sensors_rrd.so

References

Summary

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