How To Install rrdtool-doc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-doc on CentOS 7. rrdtool-doc is RRDtool documentation

Introduction

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

What is rrdtool-doc

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 contains documentation on using RRD.

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

Install rrdtool-doc 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-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rrdtool-doc

Install rrdtool-doc 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-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool-doc

How To Uninstall rrdtool-doc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool-doc

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Summary

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