How To Install rubygem-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. rubygem-gssapi is A FFI wrapper around the system GSSAPI library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rubygem-gssapi

A FFI wrapper around the system GSSAPI library. Please make sure and read the Yard docs or standard GSSAPI documentation if you have any questions. There is also a class called GSSAPI features used for GSSAPI.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-gssapi

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-gssapi

How To Uninstall rubygem-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-gssapi

rubygem-gssapi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/COPYING
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/exceptions.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/extensions.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/heimdal.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/lib_gssapi.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/lib_gssapi_loader.rb
/usr/share/gems/gems/gssapi-1.3.0/lib/gssapi/simple.rb
/usr/share/gems/specifications/gssapi-1.3.0.gemspec

References

Summary

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