How To Install vim-powerline on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-powerline on Rocky Linux 8. vim-powerline is Powerline VIM plugin

Introduction

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

What is `vim-powerline`

Powerline is a status-line plugin for vim, and provides status-lines and prompts.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install vim-powerline

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

sudo yum -y install vim-powerline

How To Uninstall vim-powerline on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove vim-powerline

vim-powerline Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/appdata
/usr/share/appdata/vim-powerline.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/doc/vim-powerline
/usr/share/doc/vim-powerline/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/vim-powerline/README.rst
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/powerline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/powerline/debug.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/powerline.vim

References

vim-powerline website

Summary

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