How To Install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-ruby in Fedora 36. remctl-ruby is Ruby interface to remctl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36.

What is `remctl-ruby`

remctl implements a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication. If you want to use remctl’s Ruby bindings, you need to install this package.

We can use yum or dnf to install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install remctl-ruby.

Install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install remctl-ruby using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install remctl-ruby

Install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install remctl-ruby using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install remctl-ruby

How To Uninstall remctl-ruby on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the remctl-ruby package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove remctl-ruby

remctl-ruby Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/2da866a63597390e0e020a2c789794c524347a
/usr/lib64/ruby/vendor_ruby/remctl.so
/usr/share/doc/remctl-ruby
/usr/share/doc/remctl-ruby/README

References

remctl-ruby website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-ruby on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).