How To Install collectd-smart on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `collectd-smart`

This plugin for collectd collects SMART statistics, notably load cycle count, temperature and bad sectors.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-smart

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-smart

How To Uninstall collectd-smart on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-smart

collectd-smart Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/e6ee09ad2a0abf5817632f4e9e594143b0421d
/usr/lib64/collectd/smart.so

References

collectd-smart website

Summary

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