How To Install rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7. rubygem-puppet-lint is Ensure your Puppet manifests conform with the Puppetlabs style

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7.

What is rubygem-puppet-lint

Checks your Puppet manifests against the Puppetlabs style guide and alerts you to any discrepancies.

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

Install rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install rubygem-puppet-lint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygem-puppet-lint

Install rubygem-puppet-lint 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 rubygem-puppet-lint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-puppet-lint

How To Uninstall rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-puppet-lint

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-puppet-lint on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.