How To Install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. protobuf-emacs.x86_64 is Emacs mode for Google Protocol Buffers descriptions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `protobuf-emacs.x86_64`

This package contains syntax highlighting for Google Protocol Buffers descriptions in the Emacs editor.

We can use yum to install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install protobuf-emacs.x86_64.

Install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install protobuf-emacs.x86_64

How To Uninstall protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the protobuf-emacs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove protobuf-emacs.x86_64

protobuf-emacs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/protobuf-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/protobuf-init.el

References

protobuf-emacs.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install protobuf-emacs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.