How To Install collectd-dbi on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-dbi

This plugin uses the dbi library to connect to various databases, execute SQL statements and read back the results.

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

Install collectd-dbi 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-dbi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-dbi

Install collectd-dbi 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-dbi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-dbi

How To Uninstall collectd-dbi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-dbi

collectd-dbi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/2ec26186090774299971d2003b79f4db180ab0
/usr/lib64/collectd/dbi.so

References

Summary

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