How To Install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ruby-facter

The ruby bindings for libfacter.

We can use yum or dnf to install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ruby-facter.

Install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ruby-facter

Install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ruby-facter

How To Uninstall ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ruby-facter

ruby-facter Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter.jar
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter.rb

References

• ruby-facter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-facter on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.