How To Install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ascent in Fedora 36. collectd-ascent is Ascent plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36.

What is collectd-ascent

This plugin collects data about an Ascent server, a free server for the “World of Warcraft” game.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-ascent.

Install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ascent

Install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-ascent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-ascent

How To Uninstall collectd-ascent on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the collectd-ascent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove collectd-ascent

collectd-ascent Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/afd9f233a6693229ee86ddb13b347de9b7bf06
/usr/lib64/collectd/ascent.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ascent on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).