How To Install rubygems-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems-devel on CentOS 7. rubygems-devel is Macros and development tools for packaging RubyGems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems-devel on CentOS 7.

What is rubygems-devel

Macros and development tools for packaging RubyGems.

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

Install rubygems-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install rubygems-devel

Install rubygems-devel 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 rubygems-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rubygems-devel

How To Uninstall rubygems-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rubygems-devel

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Summary

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