Please note that during the ./configure steps you need to check for missing libraries, this guide assumes you are using the eSG provided installation image.

cd ~ 
mkdir rrdbuild
cd rrdbuild

yum install -y epel-release
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum install pango-devel

You can change the values here to change compiled version.

RRDTOOL_VERSION=1.7.0

wget https://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-${RRDTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz
tar zcfv rrdtool-${RRDTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd rrdtool-${RRDTOOL_VERSION}

./configure  --prefix=/opt/rrdtool
make

make install