How To Install python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8. python3-collectd_systemd is Collectd plugin to monitor systemd services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-collectd_systemd`

collectd-systemd A collectd plugin which checks if given systemd services are in “running” state and sends metrics with 1.0 or 0.0.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-collectd_systemd.

Install python3-collectd_systemd 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 python3-collectd_systemd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-collectd_systemd

Install python3-collectd_systemd 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 python3-collectd_systemd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-collectd_systemd

How To Uninstall python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-collectd_systemd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-collectd_systemd

python3-collectd_systemd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/collectd_systemd.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/collectd_systemd.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd-0.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/collectd_systemd.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-collectd_systemd
/usr/share/doc/python3-collectd_systemd/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-collectd_systemd
/usr/share/licenses/python3-collectd_systemd/LICENSE

References

python3-collectd_systemd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-collectd_systemd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.