How To Install vim-halibut on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-halibut on Rocky Linux 8. vim-halibut is Syntax file for the halibut manual tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-halibut on Rocky Linux 8.

What is vim-halibut

This package provides vim syntax support for Halibut input files (*.but).

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

Install vim-halibut 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 vim-halibut using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-halibut

Install vim-halibut 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 vim-halibut using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-halibut

How To Uninstall vim-halibut on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove vim-halibut

vim-halibut Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-halibut
/usr/share/doc/vim-halibut/LICENCE
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/halibut.vim

References

Summary

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