How To Install collectd-curl on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-curl

This plugin reads webpages with curl

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-curl

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-curl

How To Uninstall collectd-curl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-curl

collectd-curl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/fe960180a880c64019c6f8f4da574f35f1b05e
/usr/lib64/collectd/curl.so

References

Summary

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