How To Install rubygem-pg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-pg on Rocky Linux 8. rubygem-pg is A Ruby interface to the PostgreSQL RDBMS

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-pg

This is the extension library to access a PostgreSQL database from Ruby. This library works with PostgreSQL 9.1 and later.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-pg

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-pg

How To Uninstall rubygem-pg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-pg

rubygem-pg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/e21e77e576858355bb18ff0d7852fd8730ba42
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0/pg_ext.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/BSDL
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/POSTGRES
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/basic_type_mapping.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/coder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/connection.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/constants.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/exceptions.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/result.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/text_decoder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/text_encoder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/type_map_by_column.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/pg-1.0.0.gemspec
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/4cc62675fc9b066c8f7b2ba5db9bb0f11bb293
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/pg-1.0.0/pg_ext.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/BSDL
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/POSTGRES
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/basic_type_mapping.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/coder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/connection.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/constants.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/exceptions.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/result.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/text_decoder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/text_encoder.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/pg-1.0.0/lib/pg/type_map_by_column.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/pg-1.0.0.gemspec

References

Summary

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