How To Install ruby-libguestfs on CentOS 8
ruby-libguestfs is Ruby bindings for libguestfs
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-libguestfs on CentOS 8.
What is ruby-libguestfs
ruby-libguestfs contains Ruby bindings for libguestfs.
We can use yum or dnf to install ruby-libguestfs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ruby-libguestfs.
Install ruby-libguestfs 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-libguestfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ruby-libguestfs
Install ruby-libguestfs 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-libguestfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ruby-libguestfs
How To Uninstall ruby-libguestfs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ruby-libguestfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ruby-libguestfs
ruby-libguestfs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/e7adaa9a09a0d7f6fa898d4fb70d72408596a2
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/_guestfs.so
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/Guestfs
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/Guestfs.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/Guestfs/Error.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/Guestfs/Guestfs.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/README_rdoc.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/created.rid
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/css
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/css/fonts.css
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/css/rdoc.css
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/Lato-Light.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/Lato-LightItalic.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/Lato-RegularItalic.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/SourceCodePro-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/fonts/SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/add.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/arrow_up.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/brick.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/brick_link.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/bug.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/bullet_black.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/bullet_toggle_minus.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/bullet_toggle_plus.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/date.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/delete.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/find.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/loadingAnimation.gif
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/macFFBgHack.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/package.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/page_green.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/page_white_text.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/page_white_width.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/plugin.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/ruby.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/tag_blue.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/tag_green.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/transparent.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/wrench.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/wrench_orange.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/images/zoom.png
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/darkfish.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/jquery.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/navigation.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/navigation.js.gz
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/search.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/search_index.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/search_index.js.gz
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/searcher.js
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/js/searcher.js.gz
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/api/table_of_contents.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/create_disk.rb
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ruby-libguestfs/inspect_vm.rb
/usr/share/man/man3/guestfs-ruby.3.gz
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/guestfs.rb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-libguestfs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.