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rubygem-rake-compiler


Information about the package, rubygem-rake-compiler, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rubygem-rake-compiler package is designed for, Rake-based Ruby C Extension task generator.


Package Name:

rubygem-rake-compiler

Summary:

Rake-based Ruby C Extension task generator

Description:

rake-compiler aims to help Gem developers while dealing with Ruby C extensions, simplifiying the code and reducing the duplication. It follows *convention over configuration* and set an standarized structure to build and package C extensions in your gems. This is the result of expriences dealing with several Gems that required native extensions across platforms and different user configurations where details like portability and clarity of code were lacking.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.9.3

Release:

2.el6

Size:

71 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT



Handy Yum Commands for rubygem-rake-compiler


Control the rubygem-rake-compiler package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rubygem-rake-compiler

This command will install rubygem-rake-compiler on the server.

yum remove rubygem-rake-compiler

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

yum -y remove rubygem-rake-compiler

This command will un-install rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler when using the -y flag.

yum update rubygem-rake-compiler

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

yum -y update rubygem-rake-compiler

This command will update rubygem-rake-compiler 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-rake-compiler when using the -y flag.

yum info rubygem-rake-compiler

This command will show you core information about the rubygem-rake-compiler package.

yum deplist rubygem-rake-compiler

This command will show you the dependencies for rubygem-rake-compiler. 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-rake-compiler

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rubygem-rake-compiler. 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.