How To Install rubygem-tzinfo on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-tzinfo on CentOS 7. rubygem-tzinfo is Daylight-savings aware timezone library

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-tzinfo

TZInfo is a Ruby library that uses the standard tz (Olson) database to provide daylight savings aware transformations between times in different time zones.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-tzinfo

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-tzinfo

How To Uninstall rubygem-tzinfo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-tzinfo

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Summary

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