[collectd] import collectd on CentOS6

[Brian Lalor]

I think there's a separate collectd-python package in EPEL. If not, the spec file in the contrib dir of the source tarball works perfectly. 

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Brian Lalor
blalor at bravo5.org

> On Aug 29, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Lindsay Holmwood <lindsay at holmwood.id.au> wrote:
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>> On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, Johan Guldmyr <johan.guldmyr at csc.fi> wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> 1. Thanks for a great software, it's fun with metrics :)
>> 
>> 2.
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>> I'm attempting to try this python plugin: https://github.com/phobos182/collectd-elasticsearch
>> 
>> But I can't seem to get it to load, probably because "import collectd" fails when I try to run the script manually.
>> 
>> How do I find/install that library on CentOS6?
> 
> It's highly probable the collectd package you installed on CentOS 6 doesn't have the Python plugin compiled in. 
> 
> Running `rpm -ql collectd | grep python` will tell you if you've got any Python bits in the installed package. 
> 
> You likely need to find an alternative package with the Python plugin, or build collectd from source. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Lindsay 
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