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ruby-libs


Information about the package, ruby-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ruby-libs package is designed for, Libraries necessary to run Ruby.


Package Name:

ruby-libs

Summary:

Libraries necessary to run Ruby

Description:

This package includes the libruby, necessary to run Ruby.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.8.7.374

Release:

5.el6

Size:

1.7 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

(Ruby or GPLv2) and (GPL+ or Artistic)



Handy Yum Commands for ruby-libs


Control the ruby-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ruby-libs

This command will install ruby-libs on the server.

yum remove ruby-libs

This command will un-install ruby-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ruby-libs

This command will un-install ruby-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum update ruby-libs

This command will update ruby-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ruby-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ruby-libs

This command will update ruby-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info ruby-libs

This command will show you core information about the ruby-libs package.

yum deplist ruby-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for ruby-libs. 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-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ruby-libs. 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.