How To Install rubygem-rake-compiler on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rake-compiler
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is rubygem-rake-compiler
rake-compiler aims to help Gem developers while dealing with Ruby C extensions, simplifiying the code and reducing the duplication. It follows convention over configuration and set an standarized structure to build and package C extensions in your gems. This is the result of expriences dealing with several Gems that required native extensions across platforms and different user configurations where details like portability and clarity of code were lacking.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install rubygem-rake-compiler
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-rake-compiler.
Install rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-rake-compiler
Install rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-rake-compiler
How To Uninstall rubygem-rake-compiler on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-rake-compiler
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-rake-compiler
rubygem-rake-compiler Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/rake-compiler
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/History.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/README.rdoc
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/bin/rake-compiler
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/cucumber.yml
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-package-multi.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-no-native-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/cross_compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/execution.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/folders.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/gem.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/java_compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/env.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/file_template_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/generator_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/platform_extension_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/baseextensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/extensioncompiler.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/extensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/javaextensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bin/cross-ruby.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bootstrap.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/common.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/cucumber.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/gem.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/rspec.rake
/usr/share/gems/specifications/rake-compiler-1.0.8.gemspec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rake-compiler
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.