X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f9e49f0244e2cde56ab76290c1d106d0e87cd130;hb=ea3d93b75c347fc63348bd4e39ea7ec2e09e4cd4;hp=ee7163c8b3a9e0d111ca5f6418c66bd7bd6c432c;hpb=658e44d47088aaea3c59fb248336a74fdefe4245;p=collectd.git diff --git a/README b/README index ee7163c8..f9e49f02 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ Features Batterycharge, -current and voltage of ACPI and PMU based laptop batteries. - - curl - Parse statistics from websites using regular expressions. - - bind Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel' interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later. @@ -50,6 +47,9 @@ Features - cpufreq CPU frequency (For laptops with speed step or a similar technology) + - curl + Parse statistics from websites using regular expressions. + - dbi Executes SQL statements on various databases and interprets the returned data. @@ -453,11 +453,16 @@ Prerequisites If present, the uuid plugin will check for UUID from HAL. - * libiptc (optional, if not found a version shipped with this distribution - can be used if the Linux kernel headers are available) + * libiptc (optional) For querying iptables counters. + If not found on the system, a version shipped with this distribution can + be used. It requires some Linux headers in /usr/include/linux. You can + force the build system to use the shipped version by specifying + --with-libiptc=shipped + when running the configure script. + * libjvm (optional) Library that encapsulates the `Java Virtual Machine' (JVM). This library is used by the Java plugin to execute Java bytecode. See “Configuring with @@ -482,8 +487,7 @@ Prerequisites For the `notify_desktop' plugin. - * liboping (optional, if not found a version shipped with this distribution - can be used) + * liboping (optional) Used by the `ping' plugin to send and receive ICMP packets.