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- Some plugins require additional libraries. To prevent you from having to
- install dependencies that you don't actually need those libraries are
- recommendations rather than dependencies. See README.Debian.plugins in the
- "collectd" package for details.
+ install dozens of further packages that you don't actually need, there is no
+ strict dependency on those libraries. Rather, they are listed as recommenda-
+ tions ("collectd" package) or suggestions ("collectd-core" package"). See
+ /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/README.Debian.plugins for details.
+
+- The main components of collectd have been split into two packages:
+
+ * "collectd-core":
+ This package contains the main program file and the plugins but no config-
+ uration. It allows sites to, e.g., provide customizations on top of it
+ without having to modify the "collectd" package. For example, a custom
+ configuration and appropriate dependencies may be provided by some package
+ depending on "collectd-core" and conflicting / replacing / providing
+ "collectd".
+
+ * "collectd":
+ This package provides a full installation of the daemon, including a
+ configuration. It is meant to be ready to use for simple setups or first
+ steps.
Configuring collectd:
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