Information about the package, ruby-irb, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ruby-irb package is designed for, The Interactive Ruby.
Package Name:
ruby-irb
Summary:
The Interactive Ruby
Description:
The irb is acronym for Interactive Ruby. It evaluates ruby expression from the terminal.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.7.374
Release:
5.el6
Size:
318 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Ruby or GPLv2
Control the ruby-irb package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ruby-irb
This command will install ruby-irb on the server.
yum remove ruby-irb
This command will un-install ruby-irb on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby-irb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ruby-irb
This command will un-install ruby-irb 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-irb when using the -y flag.
yum update ruby-irb
This command will update ruby-irb to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby-irb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ruby-irb
This command will update ruby-irb 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-irb when using the -y flag.
yum info ruby-irb
This command will show you core information about the ruby-irb package.
yum deplist ruby-irb
This command will show you the dependencies for ruby-irb. 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-irb
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ruby-irb. 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.