How To Install collectd-ping on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `collectd-ping`

This plugin for collectd provides network latency statistics.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ping

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-ping

How To Uninstall collectd-ping on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-ping

collectd-ping Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/collectd.d/ping.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/ec44be8fc287a38249800175c8e56665e1c19e
/usr/lib64/collectd/ping.so

References

collectd-ping website

Summary

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