How To Install rrdtool-lua on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-lua on Rocky Linux 8. rrdtool-lua is Lua RRDtool bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool-lua on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rrdtool-lua`

The rrdtool-lua package includes RRDtool bindings for Lua.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool-lua

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

sudo yum -y install rrdtool-lua

How To Uninstall rrdtool-lua on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool-lua

rrdtool-lua Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/5e00c92dbb99a3bb09b3db8fe9a04e0d991a26
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/rrd.so
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/rrd.so.0
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/rrd.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool-lua
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool-lua/README

References

rrdtool-lua website

Summary

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