How To Install rubygem-git on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-git on CentOS 8.
What is rubygem-git
Ruby/Git is a Ruby library that can be used to create, read and manipulate Git repositories by wrapping system calls to the git binary.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-git on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-git.
Install rubygem-git 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-git using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-git
Install rubygem-git 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-git using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-git
How To Uninstall rubygem-git on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-git package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-git
rubygem-git Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/MAINTAINERS.md
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/author.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/base
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/base.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/base/factory.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/branch.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/branches.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/config.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/diff.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/index.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/lib.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/log.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/object.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/path.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/remote.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/repository.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/stash.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/stashes.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/status.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/git-1.5.0/lib/git/working_directory.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/git-1.5.0.gemspec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-git on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.