System requirements¶

Before installing, please make sure that some dependencies are installed - otherwise building the module will fail.

Debian/Ubuntu¶

If you want to build the bindings for Python 2.x, use:

$ sudo apt-get install librrd-dev libpython-dev

For Python 3.x (may be available on newer OS versions only), use:

$ sudo apt-get install librrd-dev libpython3-dev

If you want to build the bindings for Python 2.x, use:

$ sudo yum install rrdtool-devel python-devel

For Python 3.x (may be available on newer OS versions only), use:

$ sudo yum install rrdtool-devel python34-devel

Please note that python34-devel is correct for CentOS 7.x, but may be different for older/newer releases.

The simplest way to install the bindings is using pip:

$ pip install rrdtool

In case you’d like to build the module on your own, or for your specific Python installation, you can clone the GitHub repository and install it:

$ git clone https://github.com/commx/python-rrdtool.git
$ cd python-rrdtool
$ python setup.py install