How To Install riemann-c-client on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 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 riemann-c-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install riemann-c-client
Install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install riemann-c-client
How To Uninstall riemann-c-client on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.