How To Install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7. rrdtool-devel is RRDtool libraries and header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7.

What is rrdtool-devel

RRD is the Acronym for Round Robin Database. RRD is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). This package allow you to use directly this library. RRD is the Acronym for Round Robin Database. RRD is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). This package allow you to use directly this library.

We can use yum or dnf to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rrdtool-devel.

Install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install rrdtool-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rrdtool-devel

Install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install rrdtool-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool-devel

How To Uninstall rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the rrdtool-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rrdtool-devel

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.