How To Install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems in AlmaLinux 8. rubygems is The Ruby standard for packaging ruby libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8.

What is rubygems

RubyGems is the Ruby standard for publishing and managing third party libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rubygems.

Install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rubygems using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygems

Install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rubygems using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rubygems

How To Uninstall rubygems on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the rubygems package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rubygems

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.