How To Install rubygem-thin on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-thin on CentOS 7. rubygem-thin is A thin and fast web server

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-thin

Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together three of the best Ruby libraries in web history. The Mongrel parser, the root of Mongrel speed and security, Event Machine, a network I/O library with extremely high scalability and Rack, a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-thin

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-thin

How To Uninstall rubygem-thin on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-thin

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Summary

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