How To Install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34

libcollectdclient is Collectd client library Collectd client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34.

What is `libcollectdclient`

Collectd client library. libcollectdclient 5.12.0 2.fc34 x86_64 27 k collectd-5.12.0-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Collectd client library https GPLv2 Collectd client library.

We can use yum or dnf to install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libcollectdclient.

Install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libcollectdclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcollectdclient

Install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libcollectdclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcollectdclient

How To Uninstall libcollectdclient on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libcollectdclient package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcollectdclient

libcollectdclient Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/746d5b09bb8398dabbff150cf8678ea8edf83d
/usr/lib/libcollectdclient.so.1
/usr/lib/libcollectdclient.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/ef8702aab41a5d1dfaa2c084fba4aa54d584bf
/usr/lib64/libcollectdclient.so.1
/usr/lib64/libcollectdclient.so.1.1.0

References

[libcollectdclient website](https://collectd.org/ https://collectd.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.