How To Install rrdtool on Fedora 34

rrdtool is Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data

Introduction

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

What is `rrdtool`

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). It stores the data in a very compact way that will not expand over time, and it presents useful graphs by processing the data to enforce a certain data density. It can be used either via simple wrapper scripts (from shell or Perl) or via frontends that poll network devices and put a friendly user interface on it. rrdtool 1.7.2 16.fc34 x86_64 545 k rrdtool-1.7.2-16.fc34.src.rpm fedora Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data https 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). It stores the data in a very compact way that will not expand over time, and it presents useful graphs by processing the data to enforce a certain data density. It can be used either via simple wrapper scripts (from shell or Perl) or via frontends that poll network devices and put a friendly user interface on it.

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

Install rrdtool 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 rrdtool using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool

Install rrdtool 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 rrdtool using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rrdtool

How To Uninstall rrdtool on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool

rrdtool Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rrdcached
/usr/bin/rrdcgi
/usr/bin/rrdcreate
/usr/bin/rrdinfo
/usr/bin/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/438af630e9780082ba350dcafbb0896c36fdc9
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/8ee12e13d213a10a2493fb7571171f61a6b20a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/1dc298d62f66b2198a076d75a9ebdc68373c34
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/975f53c91d5c403d09e619d977dc2e1bb2c7fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/7a4cdf4dd4c5737e17360f04efc58e178c17d5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.socket
/usr/lib64/librrd.so.8
/usr/lib64/librrd.so.8.2.1
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/THREADS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/bin_dec_hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cdeftutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpntutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd-beginners.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd_pdpcalc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdbuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcgi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcreate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrddump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfirst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdflushcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_graph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_libdbi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_rpn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlast.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlastupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlua.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdresize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdrestore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdthreads.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdxport.1.gz
/usr/share/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdcached
/usr/bin/rrdcgi
/usr/bin/rrdcreate
/usr/bin/rrdinfo
/usr/bin/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/2129acfc9ac13129b637f7a55729b8293eb868
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/20386100013366a195606bdddd661450a90abc
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/aba8941f0291f0ea1eede819a37b3b0f35a35b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/3001d1a4d2c0193e0b999a2fd7c6f28d304132
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/3ee0c156a7b3ee4ef46e909107bf4ab8ddadbf
/usr/lib/librrd.so.8
/usr/lib/librrd.so.8.2.1
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.socket
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/THREADS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/bin_dec_hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cdeftutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpntutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd-beginners.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd_pdpcalc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdbuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcgi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcreate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrddump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfirst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdflushcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_graph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_libdbi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_rpn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlast.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlastupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlua.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdresize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdrestore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdthreads.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdxport.1.gz
/usr/share/rrdtool

References

[rrdtool website](https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/)

Summary

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