How To Install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8

rubygem-curb is Ruby libcurl bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8.

What is rubygem-curb

Curb (probably CUrl-RuBy or something) provides Ruby-language bindings for the libcurl(3), a fully-featured client-side URL transfer library. cURL and libcurl live at http

We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-curb.

Install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-curb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-curb

Install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-curb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-curb

How To Uninstall rubygem-curb on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rubygem-curb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rubygem-curb

rubygem-curb Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/61394dc20301e69abd6c929e28a09002969d75
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/curb-0.9.10
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/curb-0.9.10/curb_core.so
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/curb-0.9.10/gem.build_complete
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib/curb.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib/curl
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib/curl.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib/curl/easy.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/curb-0.9.10/lib/curl/multi.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/curb-0.9.10.gemspec

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-curb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.