building fluent-bit

grab the latest release tag

wget https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.2.tar.gz
tar xzf v2.2.2.tar.gz
cd fluent-bit-2.2.2/build/
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALSTATEDIR=/var ../
make
make install

which fluent-bit
fluent-bit -V

resources

https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/

https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/installation/sources/download-source-code

https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/installation/sources/build-and-install