How To Install rrdtool-tcl on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `rrdtool-tcl`

The rrdtool-tcl package includes RRDtool bindings for Tcl.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rrdtool-tcl

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

sudo yum -y install rrdtool-tcl

How To Uninstall rrdtool-tcl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rrdtool-tcl

rrdtool-tcl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/31bf2ee2f48253b096b23dddac9bb12631a789
/usr/lib64/rrdtool/ifOctets.tcl
/usr/lib64/rrdtool/pkgIndex.tcl
/usr/lib64/tclrrd1.7.0.so
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool-tcl
/usr/share/doc/rrdtool-tcl/README

References

rrdtool-tcl website

Summary

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