How To Install vim-trailing-whitespace on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-trailing-whitespace in Fedora 36. vim-trailing-whitespace is Highlights trailing whitespace in red and provides

Introduction

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

What is `vim-trailing-whitespace`

This plugin causes all trailing whitespace to be highlighted in red. To fix the whitespace errors, just call on the entire file. Pass a range (or use V to select some lines) to restrict the portion of the file that gets fixed.

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

Install vim-trailing-whitespace 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-trailing-whitespace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-trailing-whitespace

Install vim-trailing-whitespace 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-trailing-whitespace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-trailing-whitespace

How To Uninstall vim-trailing-whitespace on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove vim-trailing-whitespace

vim-trailing-whitespace Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/vim-trailing-whitespace
/usr/share/doc/vim-trailing-whitespace/README
/usr/share/doc/vim-trailing-whitespace/trailing-whitespace.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-trailing-whitespace.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/trailing-whitespace.vim

References

vim-trailing-whitespace website

Summary

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