How To Install rubygem-jgrep on CentOS 8

rubygem-jgrep is Filter JSON documents with a simple logical language

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-jgrep

JGrep is Ruby-based CLI tool and API for parsing and displaying JSON data using a logical expression syntax. It allows you to search a list of JSON documents and return specific documents or values based on logical truths.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-jgrep

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-jgrep

How To Uninstall rubygem-jgrep on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-jgrep

rubygem-jgrep Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/jgrep
/usr/share/doc/rubygem-jgrep
/usr/share/doc/rubygem-jgrep/CHANGELOG.markdown
/usr/share/doc/rubygem-jgrep/README.markdown
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/bin/jgrep
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/lib/jgrep.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/lib/parser
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/lib/parser/parser.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/jgrep-1.5.1/lib/parser/scanner.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/jgrep-1.5.1.gemspec
/usr/share/licenses/rubygem-jgrep
/usr/share/licenses/rubygem-jgrep/COPYING

References

Summary

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