How To Install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8. editorconfig is Parser for EditorConfig files written in C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8.

What is editorconfig

EditorConfig makes it easy to maintain the correct coding style when switching between different text editors and between different projects. The EditorConfig project maintains a file format and plugins for various text editors which allow this file format to be read and used by those editors.

We can use yum or dnf to install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install editorconfig.

Install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install editorconfig

Install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install editorconfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install editorconfig

How To Uninstall editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the editorconfig package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove editorconfig

editorconfig Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/editorconfig
/usr/bin/editorconfig-0.12.5
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/1cbf85dac13d1e325bdb5b8efe51ebbec35a72
/usr/share/doc/editorconfig
/usr/share/doc/editorconfig/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/editorconfig
/usr/share/licenses/editorconfig/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/editorconfig.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.