How To Install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mecab in Fedora 36. ruby-mecab is Ruby binding for MeCab

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36.

What is `ruby-mecab`

Ruby binding for MeCab.

We can use yum or dnf to install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ruby-mecab.

Install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ruby-mecab

Install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ruby-mecab

How To Uninstall ruby-mecab on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ruby-mecab package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ruby-mecab

ruby-mecab Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/d2e99d66397565df8179cec6b37e56ae93916f
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/MeCab.so
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/BSD
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/GPL
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/LGPL
/usr/share/doc/ruby-mecab/bindings.html

References

ruby-mecab website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mecab on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).