How To Install vim-minimal on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal in Fedora 36. vim-minimal is A minimal version of the VIM editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal on Fedora 36.

What is `vim-minimal`

VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more. The vim-minimal package includes a minimal version of VIM, providing the commands vi, view, ex, rvi, and rview. NOTE only available when the vim-common package is installed.

We can use yum or dnf to install vim-minimal on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-minimal.

Install vim-minimal on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vim-minimal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-minimal

Install vim-minimal on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vim-minimal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-minimal

How To Uninstall vim-minimal on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vim-minimal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-minimal

vim-minimal Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/virc
/usr/bin/ex
/usr/bin/rvi
/usr/bin/rview
/usr/bin/vi
/usr/bin/view
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/4f6e86f9f931d0d00c5ce61b6fd6ebe301c4a9
/usr/libexec/vi
/usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/virc.5.gz
/etc/virc
/usr/bin/ex
/usr/bin/rvi
/usr/bin/rview
/usr/bin/vi
/usr/bin/view
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/0bd62c88c90c4d1e58e76156bbadfc8c64ce08
/usr/libexec/vi
/usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/virc.5.gz

References

vim-minimal website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).