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

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

Introduction

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

What is `ruby-hivex.x86_64`

ruby-hivex contains Ruby bindings for hivex.

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

Install ruby-hivex.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 ruby-hivex.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ruby-hivex.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove ruby-hivex.x86_64

ruby-hivex.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/_hivex.so
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/Hivex
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/Hivex.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/Hivex/Error.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/Hivex/Hivex.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/README_rdoc.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/created.rid
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/add.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/arrow_up.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/brick.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/brick_link.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/bug.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/bullet_black.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/bullet_toggle_minus.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/bullet_toggle_plus.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/date.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/delete.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/find.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/loadingAnimation.gif
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/macFFBgHack.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/package.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/page_green.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/page_white_text.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/page_white_width.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/plugin.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/ruby.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/tag_blue.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/tag_green.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/transparent.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/wrench.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/wrench_orange.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/images/zoom.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/darkfish.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/jquery.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/navigation.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/search.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/search_index.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/js/searcher.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/rdoc.css
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/api/table_of_contents.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-hivex-1.3.10/index.html
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hivex.rb

References

ruby-hivex.x86_64 website

Summary

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