How To Install collectd-python on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-python on CentOS 8.
What is collectd-python
The Python plugin embeds a Python interpreter into Collectd and exposes the application programming interface (API) to Python-scripts.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-python on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-python.
Install collectd-python on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install collectd-python using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-python
Install collectd-python on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install collectd-python using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-python
How To Uninstall collectd-python on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the collectd-python package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-python
collectd-python Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/fd1a01b57feb108daeadb1fd95f8ab1f3abca6
/usr/lib64/collectd/python.so
/usr/share/man/man5/collectd-python.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-python on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.