How To Install rubygem-abrt on CentOS 8

rubygem-abrt is ABRT support for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-abrt on CentOS 8.

What is rubygem-abrt

Provides ABRT reporting support for libraries/applications written using Ruby.

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

Install rubygem-abrt 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 rubygem-abrt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-abrt

Install rubygem-abrt 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 rubygem-abrt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-abrt

How To Uninstall rubygem-abrt on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rubygem-abrt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rubygem-abrt

rubygem-abrt Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/libreport/events.d/ruby_event.conf
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/lib/abrt
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/lib/abrt.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/lib/abrt/exception.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/abrt-0.3.0/lib/abrt/handler.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/abrt-0.3.0.gemspec

References

Summary

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