How To Install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8.
What is rubygem-mime-types
The mime-types library provides a library and registry for information about MIME content type definitions. It can be used to determine defined filename extensions for MIME types, or to use filename extensions to look up the likely MIME type definitions. Version 3.0 is a major release that requires Ruby 2.0 compatibility and removes deprecated functions. The columnar registry format introduced in 2.6 has been made the primary format; the registry data has been extracted from this library and put into {mime-types-data}[https Additionally, mime-types is now licensed exclusively under the MIT licence and there is a code of conduct in effect. There are a number of other smaller changes described in the History file.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-mime-types.
Install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-mime-types using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-mime-types
Install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-mime-types using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-mime-types
How To Uninstall rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-mime-types package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-mime-types
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-mime-types on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.