How To Install rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8. rrdtool is Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data

Introduction

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

What is `rrdtool`

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). It stores the data in a very compact way that will not expand over time, and it presents useful graphs by processing the data to enforce a certain data density. It can be used either via simple wrapper scripts (from shell or Perl) or via frontends that poll network devices and put a friendly user interface on it.

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

Install rrdtool 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool

Install rrdtool 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rrdtool

How To Uninstall rrdtool on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool

rrdtool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rrdcached
/usr/bin/rrdcgi
/usr/bin/rrdcreate
/usr/bin/rrdinfo
/usr/bin/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/5f8c05a8961d60222017ce9be8feb2ef415b18
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/e4fb921da74b0c9286deeab6ce927d3ea84ec7
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/4b83761e5f4bf84bb1845f22ba01e6082485dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/62f12ea6a3ac97a26371ac85a11015bb738af6
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/1388e4e91e050c706be612ce35622e8837d488
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.socket
/usr/lib64/librrd.so.8
/usr/lib64/librrd.so.8.1.0
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/THREADS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/bin_dec_hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cdeftutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpntutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd-beginners.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdbuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcgi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcreate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrddump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfirst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdflushcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_graph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_rpn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlast.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlastupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlua.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdresize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdrestore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdthreads.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdxport.1.gz
/usr/share/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdcached
/usr/bin/rrdcgi
/usr/bin/rrdcreate
/usr/bin/rrdinfo
/usr/bin/rrdtool
/usr/bin/rrdupdate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/e111272e70a124c92d4c0e2c5687935130a347
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/d3d4e982ad6990ae02d245a83a7277fb70bcdc
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/1548d61aa08fcd967ba1a416b60d2ba3f1d212
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/f378cfca8751056423e3efb1482340d22530b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/0dbfde7db1870547a31aa03ba1415b9d53f766
/usr/lib/librrd.so.8
/usr/lib/librrd.so.8.1.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rrdcached.socket
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/THREADS
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool
/usr/share/licenses/rrdtool/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/rrdtool.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/bin_dec_hex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cdeftutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rpntutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrd-beginners.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdbuild.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcgi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdcreate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrddump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfetch.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdfirst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdflushcached.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_data.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_examples.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_graph.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdgraph_rpn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlast.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlastupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdlua.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdresize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdrestore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdthreads.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtune.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdtutorial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrdxport.1.gz
/usr/share/rrdtool

References

rrdtool website

Summary

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