Q. I've downloaded RRDTool package called rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gz. But ./configure command giving out lots of error messages. How do I install RRDTool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x - 64 bit version?
A. 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.
Installing RRDTool on RHEL
In order to install RRDTool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS Linux 64 bit version you need to install few development tools and libraries.
Step # 1: Install required dependencies
Login as root and type the following command:
Step # 2: Download latest rrdtool tar ball
Type the following commands:
Untar tar ball, enter:
Step #3: Compile and install rrdtool
You need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH, enter:
Type the following commands:
Now compile and install RRDTool on RHEL:
How do I verify my installation?
Now RRDtool is installed and ready to use. You can go to /usr/local/rrdtool/share/rrdtool/examples/ directory and run them to see if your installation has been successful or not:
Fire a web browser and see a graph for yourself by typing the following url:
http://your-domain.com/stripes.png
Optional compile time settings
By default RRDTool will get installed at /usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.1/ directory. To change default installation directory use following command:
To see all compile configuration option enter:
A. 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.
Installing RRDTool on RHEL
In order to install RRDTool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS Linux 64 bit version you need to install few development tools and libraries.
Step # 1: Install required dependencies
Login as root and type the following command:
# yum install cairo-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel pango libpng-devel freetype freetype-devel libart_lgpl-develStep # 2: Download latest rrdtool tar ball
Type the following commands:
# cd /opt/# wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gzUntar tar ball, enter:
# tar -zxvf rrdtool-1.3.1.tar.gzStep #3: Compile and install rrdtool
You need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH, enter:
# export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig/Type the following commands:
# ./configureNow compile and install RRDTool on RHEL:
# make# make install# cd /usr/local/# ln -s rrdtool-1.3.1/ rrdtool/# cd rrdtool# ls -lHow do I verify my installation?
Now RRDtool is installed and ready to use. You can go to /usr/local/rrdtool/share/rrdtool/examples/ directory and run them to see if your installation has been successful or not:
# cd /usr/local/rrdtool/share/rrdtool/examples/# ./stripes.pl# ls -l# cp stripes.png /var/www/html/Fire a web browser and see a graph for yourself by typing the following url:
http://your-domain.com/stripes.png
Optional compile time settings
By default RRDTool will get installed at /usr/local/rrdtool-1.3.1/ directory. To change default installation directory use following command:
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/rrdtool# make installTo see all compile configuration option enter:
# ./configure --help
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