How To Install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-amqp is AMQP plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8.

What is collectd-amqp

This plugin can be used to communicate with other instances of collectd or third party applications using an AMQP message broker.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-amqp.

Install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-amqp

Install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-amqp

How To Uninstall collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-amqp

collectd-amqp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/e15755bb32ea89ce77d75c323cb2a7160311d6
/usr/lib64/collectd/amqp.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.