How To Install rubygem-mysql2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 in Fedora 36. rubygem-mysql2 is A simple, fast Mysql library for Ruby, binding to libmysql

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 on Fedora 36.

What is rubygem-mysql2

The Mysql2 gem is meant to serve the extremely common use-case of connecting, querying and iterating on results. Some database libraries out there serve as direct 1 available. This one is not.

We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-mysql2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-mysql2.

Install rubygem-mysql2 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 rubygem-mysql2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-mysql2

Install rubygem-mysql2 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 rubygem-mysql2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-mysql2

How To Uninstall rubygem-mysql2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the rubygem-mysql2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rubygem-mysql2

rubygem-mysql2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/0a0ac69e5476a8f07a89b14ba6692ef77418c8
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3/gem.build_complete
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3/gem_make.out
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3/mkmf.log
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3/mysql2
/usr/lib64/gems/ruby/mysql2-0.5.3/mysql2/mysql2.so
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/client.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/console.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/em.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/error.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/field.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/result.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/statement.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/mysql2-0.5.3/lib/mysql2/version.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/mysql2-0.5.3.gemspec

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mysql2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).