How To Install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8

ruby-augeas is Ruby bindings for Augeas

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8.

What is ruby-augeas

Ruby bindings for augeas.

We can use yum or dnf to install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ruby-augeas.

Install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install ruby-augeas

Install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install ruby-augeas

How To Uninstall ruby-augeas on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ruby-augeas package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ruby-augeas

ruby-augeas Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/ccd1e042bdd17964903a6e55083c1476fbafbd
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/_augeas.so
/usr/share/doc/ruby-augeas
/usr/share/doc/ruby-augeas/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ruby-augeas/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ruby-augeas/README.rdoc
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/augeas.rb

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-augeas on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.