How To Install rubygem-locale on CentOS 8

rubygem-locale is Pure ruby library which provides basic APIs for localization

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-locale

Ruby-Locale is the pure ruby library which provides basic and general purpose APIs for localization. It aims to support all environments which ruby works and all kind of programs (GUI, WWW, library, etc), and becomes the hub of other i18n/l10n libs/apps to handle major locale ID standards.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-locale

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-locale

How To Uninstall rubygem-locale on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-locale

rubygem-locale Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/gems/cache/locale-2.1.2.gem
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/COPYING
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/Gemfile
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/README.rdoc
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/doc
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/doc/text
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/doc/text/news.md
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/data
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/data/languages.tab.gz
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/data/regions.tab.gz
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/cgi.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/env.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/jruby.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/posix.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/win32.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/driver/win32_table.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/info
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/info.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/info/language.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/info/region.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/middleware.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/cldr.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/common.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/irregular.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/posix.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/rfc.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/tag/simple.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/taglist.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/locale-2.1.2/lib/locale/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/locale-2.1.2.gemspec

References

Summary

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