How To Install rubygem-uuidtools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygem-uuidtools on CentOS 7. rubygem-uuidtools is A simple universally unique ID generation library

Introduction

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

What is rubygem-uuidtools

UUIDTools was designed to be a simple library for generating any of the various types of UUIDs. It conforms to RFC 4122 whenever possible.

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

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

sudo yum -y install rubygem-uuidtools

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

sudo dnf -y install rubygem-uuidtools

How To Uninstall rubygem-uuidtools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygem-uuidtools

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Summary

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