How To Install libcollectdclient on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient on Rocky Linux 8. libcollectdclient is Collectd client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcollectdclient on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libcollectdclient

Collectd client library.

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

Install libcollectdclient 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 libcollectdclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcollectdclient

Install libcollectdclient 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 libcollectdclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcollectdclient

How To Uninstall libcollectdclient on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libcollectdclient package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libcollectdclient

libcollectdclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/299c114195f68782881f6ef7da816cf2903e21
/usr/lib64/libcollectdclient.so.1
/usr/lib64/libcollectdclient.so.1.1.0

References

Summary

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