I am trying to find an instance of InfluxDB for which I do not get an error message “command not found” when I type ‘influx’. Also, I typically end up with version 1.0.2 which is really out of date.
The InfluxDB site also has a page where one can download tar files and unpack them. I can do that for Raspberry Pi (ARM), though the result is a set of files that apparently must be manually copied to their proper base directories. That said, I can see /usr/bin/influx in the directory tree.
My question is whether this is the only option I have. This option makes it difficult to uninstall since the files are scattered over several directory trees.
The point is that /usr/bin/influx does not exist, and /usr/bin is on my path.
If I follow the installation instructions at InfluxData.com for Debian users:
…then after installation /usr/bin/influx simply isn’t there, nor anywhere else, though the service influxdb is. There have been many postings of this problem across the web.
If, on the other hand, I download a tar file via this page:
…then all files exist, though I must carefully move them into their proper places and make a list of what I did if I want to remove them. There is no install/uninstall script contained in the tar file.
I can’t control what the influx site does, but their pages are inconsistent.
If I understand correctly ,
you can get it running with a workaround but you would like to have clear install instructions
and deinstall instructions ,
There are some posts here in the community about installing on a raspberry ,
I will try it myself on a raspberry and document the steps I followed,
by the end of the week I will send you an update ,
An update: if I download the tar file as noted above, the key files are there. However, when as root I put them in their appropriate places (/etc /usr /var), when I try starting InfluxDB, I get
Failed to start influxdb.service: Unit influxdb.service not found.
So at this point neither the tar file nor the package download works.
For 2.x There’s a couple people working on it based on movements on the master branch in the github repo, mainly around fixing the builds to be statically linked (all dependancies compiled in)
I’m still running beta10 on my rpi4, with the raspbian aarch64 beta kernel enabled. Runs sweet! But I’m hoping the arm builds for 2.x are fixed soon so I can upgrade to latest beta
