How To Install rubygem-net-telnet on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-net-telnet on AlmaLinux 8.
What is rubygem-net-telnet
Provides telnet client functionality. This class also has, through delegation, all the methods of a socket object (by default, a TCPSocket, but can be set by the Proxy option to new()). This provides methods such as close() to end the session and sysread() to read data directly from the host, instead of via the waitfor() mechanism. Note that if you do use sysread() directly when in telnet mode, you should probably pass the output through preprocess() to extract telnet command sequences.
We can use yum or dnf to install rubygem-net-telnet on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygem-net-telnet.
Install rubygem-net-telnet 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-net-telnet using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rubygem-net-telnet
Install rubygem-net-telnet 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-net-telnet using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rubygem-net-telnet
How To Uninstall rubygem-net-telnet on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the rubygem-net-telnet package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rubygem-net-telnet
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-net-telnet on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
