How To Install ruby-caca on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-caca on CentOS 7. ruby-caca is Ruby bindings for libcaca

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-caca on CentOS 7.

What is ruby-caca

This package contains the ruby bindings for using libcaca from ruby.

We can use yum or dnf to install ruby-caca on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ruby-caca.

Install ruby-caca on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ruby-caca

Install ruby-caca on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install ruby-caca

How To Uninstall ruby-caca on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ruby-caca

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-caca on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.