How To Install collectd-lua on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-lua
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is collectd-lua
The Lua plugin embeds a Lua interpreter into collectd and exposes the application programming interface (API) to Lua scripts.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install collectd-lua
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-lua.
Install collectd-lua on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install collectd-lua
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-lua
Install collectd-lua on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install collectd-lua
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-lua
How To Uninstall collectd-lua on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the collectd-lua
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-lua
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-lua
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.