How To Install rubygem-rake-compiler on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rake-compiler on CentOS 8.
What is rubygem-rake-compiler
rake-compiler aims to help Gem developers while dealing with Ruby C extensions, simplifiying the code and reducing the duplication. It follows convention over configuration and set an standarized structure to build and package C extensions in your gems. This is the result of expriences dealing with several Gems that required native extensions across platforms and different user configurations where details like portability and clarity of code were lacking.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-rake-compiler on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-rake-compiler.
Install rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-rake-compiler
Install rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-rake-compiler
How To Uninstall rubygem-rake-compiler on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-rake-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-rake-compiler
rubygem-rake-compiler Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rake-compiler
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/History.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/README.rdoc
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/bin/rake-compiler
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/cucumber.yml
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-package-multi.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/cross-package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-no-native-compile.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/java-package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/package.feature
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/cross_compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/execution.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/folders.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/gem.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/step_definitions/java_compilation.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/env.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/file_template_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/generator_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/features/support/platform_extension_helpers.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/baseextensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/extensioncompiler.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/extensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/lib/rake/javaextensiontask.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bin
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bin/cross-ruby.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/bootstrap.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/common.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/cucumber.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/gem.rake
/usr/share/gems/gems/rake-compiler-1.0.8/tasks/rspec.rake
/usr/share/gems/specifications/rake-compiler-1.0.8.gemspec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rake-compiler on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.