How To Install xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7. xapian-bindings-ruby is Files needed for developing Ruby scripts which use Xapian

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7.

What is xapian-bindings-ruby

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval framework. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications. This package provides the files needed for developing Ruby scripts which use Xapian

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

Install xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xapian-bindings-ruby using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xapian-bindings-ruby

Install xapian-bindings-ruby 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 xapian-bindings-ruby using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xapian-bindings-ruby

How To Uninstall xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xapian-bindings-ruby package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xapian-bindings-ruby

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-bindings-ruby on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.