Unable to import RRDtool in Python

python configuration rrdtool rrd
Hunt picture Hunt · Feb 26, 2011 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

I am trying to import RRDtool into Python as I want to access an RRD database using Python, but when I am trying to import rrdtool I am getting the following error.

Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.append('/opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/bin')
>>> import rrdtool
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named rrdtool

My RRDtool is located in /opt/rrdtool-1.4.5/bin.

Answer

Hunt picture Hunt · Mar 1, 2011

Well, the problem is solved just by executing the following command.

sudo apt-get install python-rrd

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