How To Install rubygem-yaml-lint on CentOS 8

rubygem-yaml-lint is Really simple YAML lint

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-yaml-lint

Check if your YAML files can be loaded.

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

Install rubygem-yaml-lint 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-yaml-lint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-yaml-lint

Install rubygem-yaml-lint 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-yaml-lint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-yaml-lint

How To Uninstall rubygem-yaml-lint on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-yaml-lint

rubygem-yaml-lint Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/yaml-lint
/usr/share/gems/gems/yaml-lint-0.0.10
/usr/share/gems/gems/yaml-lint-0.0.10/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/yaml-lint-0.0.10/bin/yaml-lint
/usr/share/gems/gems/yaml-lint-0.0.10/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/yaml-lint-0.0.10/lib/yaml-lint.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/yaml-lint-0.0.10.gemspec

References

Summary

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