How To Install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8. rubygem-mysql2 is A simple, fast Mysql library for Ruby, binding to libmysql

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rubygem-mysql2

The Mysql2 gem is meant to serve the extremely common use-case of connecting, querying and iterating on results. Some database libraries out there serve as direct 1 available. This one is not.

We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-mysql2.

Install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-mysql2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-mysql2

Install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-mysql2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-mysql2

How To Uninstall rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rubygem-mysql2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rubygem-mysql2

rubygem-mysql2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/5f287d2449e967551de7c9ffef72a626c19621
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/gem_make.out
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mkmf.log
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mysql2
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mysql2/mysql2.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/client.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/console.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/em.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/error.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/field.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/result.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/statement.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/mysql2-0.4.10.gemspec
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/1169db4a1371364799e681193888531a5033b3
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/gem_make.out
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mkmf.log
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mysql2
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.4.10/mysql2/mysql2.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/client.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/console.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/em.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/error.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/field.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/result.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/statement.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.4.10/lib/mysql2/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/mysql2-0.4.10.gemspec

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.