write_riemann plugin missing in Ubuntu 14.04

[danielkza]

/usr/lib/collectd/write_riemann.so doesn't seem to be available after installing Collectd 5.6 in Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty).

[archii]

The collectd-write_riemann plugin is not listed in the collectd-ci repos for CentOS 6. They are not being built on the https://ci.collectd.org Jenkins server. Is it a matter of missing Riemann requirements on the build hosts?

[mfournier]

Yes, in both cases the libriemann-c-client library is missing or too old, in these distros package repositories. I'm aware the package maintainers made the needed version available for EL7 and debian-jessie backports, which makes building write_riemann possible on these targets. And Ubuntu 16.04 also ships with a recent enough version. What is left to do is work with whoever is in charge of libriemann-client in the distros you're using, to publish the version collectd requires (>=1.8) in a repository where apt/yum can pull from without any fuss.