For the sake of completeness, obtain a copy of the latest collectd source code. At the time of writing this book, the latest version is 5.6.1, released on October 6, 2016. Download the latest copy of the collectd source code from this URL: https://collectd.org/download.shtml
In order for collectd to interface with PostgreSQL, we need PostgreSQL development libraries in addition to the normally installed system binaries. For example, to build properly on a Debian-based system, we would also need to install libraries by executing this on the command line:
sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.6
Red Hat-based systems can sometimes lag behind, so we suggest that you obtain the postgresql96-libs package from the following ...
