How To Install netdata-freeipmi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install netdata-freeipmi on Rocky Linux 8. netdata-freeipmi is FreeIPMI plugin for netdata

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netdata-freeipmi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `netdata-freeipmi`

freeipmi plugin for netdata

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

Install netdata-freeipmi 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 netdata-freeipmi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netdata-freeipmi

Install netdata-freeipmi 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 netdata-freeipmi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netdata-freeipmi

How To Uninstall netdata-freeipmi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the netdata-freeipmi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netdata-freeipmi

netdata-freeipmi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/189ed93b82d969f842adbe1118632094b1750d
/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/freeipmi.plugin
/usr/share/doc/netdata-freeipmi
/usr/share/doc/netdata-freeipmi/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/netdata-freeipmi
/usr/share/licenses/netdata-freeipmi/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/netdata-freeipmi/REDISTRIBUTED.md

References

netdata-freeipmi website

Summary

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