How To Install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 8

rrdtool-devel is RRDtool libraries and header files RRDtool libraries and header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 8.

What is rrdtool-devel

RRD is the Acronym for Round Robin Database. RRD is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). This package allow you to use directly this library. rrdtool-devel 1.7.0 16.el8 x86_64 38 k rrdtool-1.7.0-16.el8.src.rpm powertools RRDtool libraries and header files http GPLv2+ with exceptions RRD is the Acronym for Round Robin Database. RRD is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). This package allow you to use directly this library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool-devel

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

sudo yum -y install rrdtool-devel

How To Uninstall rrdtool-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool-devel

rrdtool-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/rrd.h
/usr/include/rrd_client.h
/usr/include/rrd_format.h
/usr/lib/librrd.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/librrd.pc
/usr/include/rrd.h
/usr/include/rrd_client.h
/usr/include/rrd_format.h
/usr/lib64/librrd.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/librrd.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.