How To Install rubygem-introspection on CentOS 8

rubygem-introspection is Dynamic inspection of the hierarchy of method definitions on a Ruby object

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-introspection

Dynamic inspection of the hierarchy of method definitions on a Ruby object.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-introspection

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-introspection

How To Uninstall rubygem-introspection on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-introspection

rubygem-introspection Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/COPYING.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/assertions.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/core_ext
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/core_ext.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/core_ext/symbol.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/method.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/receivers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/snapshot.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/introspection-0.0.4/lib/introspection/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/introspection-0.0.4.gemspec

References

Summary

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