How To Install rubygem-redcarpet on CentOS 8

rubygem-redcarpet is A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-redcarpet

A fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser.

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

Install rubygem-redcarpet 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-redcarpet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-redcarpet

Install rubygem-redcarpet 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-redcarpet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-redcarpet

How To Uninstall rubygem-redcarpet on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-redcarpet

rubygem-redcarpet Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/redcarpet
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/7c4bc81c835cb2581745b73b49beca1440cf51
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/redcarpet-3.3.2
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/redcarpet-3.3.2/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/redcarpet-3.3.2/redcarpet.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/COPYING
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/README.markdown
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/bin/redcarpet
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet/cli.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet/compat.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet/render_man.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/redcarpet-3.3.2/lib/redcarpet/render_strip.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/redcarpet-3.3.2.gemspec

References

Summary

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