How To Install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. graphviz-ruby.x86_64 is Ruby extension for graphviz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `graphviz-ruby.x86_64`

Ruby extension for graphviz.

We can use yum to install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install graphviz-ruby.x86_64.

Install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install graphviz-ruby.x86_64

How To Uninstall graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the graphviz-ruby.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove graphviz-ruby.x86_64

graphviz-ruby.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/graphviz/ruby
/usr/lib64/graphviz/ruby/gv.so
/usr/lib64/graphviz/ruby/libgv_ruby.so
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/gv.so
/usr/share/man/man3/gv.3ruby.gz

References

graphviz-ruby.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install graphviz-ruby.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.