How To Install vim-syntastic on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-syntastic on Fedora 36.
What is vim-syntastic
Syntastic is a syntax checking plugin that runs files through external syntax checkers and displays any resulting errors to the user. This can be done on demand, or automatically as files are saved. If syntax errors are detected, the user is notified and is happy because they didn’t have to compile their code or execute their script to find them.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-syntastic on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-syntastic.
Install vim-syntastic 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-syntastic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-syntastic
Install vim-syntastic 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-syntastic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-syntastic
How To Uninstall vim-syntastic on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the vim-syntastic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-syntastic
vim-syntastic Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/appdata/vim-syntastic.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/doc/vim-syntastic
/usr/share/doc/vim-syntastic/README.markdown
/usr/share/doc/vim-syntastic/screenshot_1.png
/usr/share/licenses/vim-syntastic
/usr/share/licenses/vim-syntastic/LICENCE
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/syntastic
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/syntastic/log.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/syntastic/postprocess.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/syntastic/preprocess.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/doc/syntastic.txt
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/autoloclist.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/balloons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/checker.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/cursor.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/highlighting.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/loclist.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/modemap.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/notifiers.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/syntastic/signs.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax_checkers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-syntastic on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
