Information about the package, rubygem-mkrf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rubygem-mkrf package is designed for, Making C extensions for Ruby a bit easier.
Package Name:
rubygem-mkrf
Summary:
Making C extensions for Ruby a bit easier
Description:
mkrf is a library for generating Rakefiles to build Ruby extension modules written in C. It is intended as a replacement for mkmf. The major difference between the two is that mkrf builds you a Rakefile instead of a Makefile. This proposed replacement to mkmf generates Rakefiles to build C Extensions.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.2.3
Release:
5.el6
Size:
420 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the rubygem-mkrf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rubygem-mkrf
This command will install rubygem-mkrf on the server.
yum remove rubygem-mkrf
This command will un-install rubygem-mkrf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rubygem-mkrf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rubygem-mkrf
This command will un-install rubygem-mkrf 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 rubygem-mkrf when using the -y flag.
yum update rubygem-mkrf
This command will update rubygem-mkrf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rubygem-mkrf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rubygem-mkrf
This command will update rubygem-mkrf 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 rubygem-mkrf when using the -y flag.
yum info rubygem-mkrf
This command will show you core information about the rubygem-mkrf package.
yum deplist rubygem-mkrf
This command will show you the dependencies for rubygem-mkrf. 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 rubygem-mkrf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rubygem-mkrf. 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.