Information about the package, ruby, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ruby package is designed for, An interpreter of object-oriented scripting language.
Package Name:
ruby
Summary:
An interpreter of object-oriented scripting language
Description:
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.7.374
Release:
5.el6
Size:
538 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Ruby or GPLv2
Control the ruby package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ruby
This command will install ruby on the server.
yum remove ruby
This command will un-install ruby on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ruby
This command will un-install ruby on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ruby when using the -y flag.
yum update ruby
This command will update ruby to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ruby
This command will update ruby to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ruby when using the -y flag.
yum info ruby
This command will show you core information about the ruby package.
yum deplist ruby
This command will show you the dependencies for ruby. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ruby
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ruby. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.