How To Install rubygem-rdoc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-rdoc on CentOS 7. rubygem-rdoc is A tool to generate HTML and command-line documentation for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-rdoc

RDoc produces HTML and command-line documentation for Ruby projects. RDoc includes the ‘rdoc’ and ‘ri’ tools for generating and displaying online documentation.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-rdoc

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-rdoc

How To Uninstall rubygem-rdoc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-rdoc

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Summary

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