How To Install rubygem-rb-inotify on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rb-inotify on CentOS 8.
What is rubygem-rb-inotify
A Ruby wrapper for Linux inotify, using FFI.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-rb-inotify on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-rb-inotify.
Install rubygem-rb-inotify 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-rb-inotify using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-rb-inotify
Install rubygem-rb-inotify 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-rb-inotify using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-rb-inotify
How To Uninstall rubygem-rb-inotify on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-rb-inotify package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-rb-inotify
rubygem-rb-inotify Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/errors.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/event.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/native
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/native.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/native/flags.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/notifier.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/rb-inotify-0.10.0/lib/rb-inotify/watcher.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/rb-inotify-0.10.0.gemspec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rb-inotify on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
