How To Install rubygem-ruby-shadow on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-ruby-shadow on CentOS 8.
What is rubygem-ruby-shadow
This module provides access to shadow passwords on Linux and Solaris.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-ruby-shadow on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-ruby-shadow.
Install rubygem-ruby-shadow 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-ruby-shadow using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-ruby-shadow
Install rubygem-ruby-shadow 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-ruby-shadow using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-ruby-shadow
How To Uninstall rubygem-ruby-shadow on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-ruby-shadow package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-ruby-shadow
rubygem-ruby-shadow Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/e536115771ecca3d7ecefe3405de376a99399a
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/ruby-shadow-2.5.0
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/ruby-shadow-2.5.0/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/ruby-shadow-2.5.0/shadow.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/ruby-shadow-2.5.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/ruby-shadow-2.5.0/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/ruby-shadow-2.5.0/ruby-shadow.gemspec
/usr/share/gems/specifications/ruby-shadow-2.5.0.gemspec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-ruby-shadow on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.