How To Install editorconfig on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install editorconfig.
Install editorconfig on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install editorconfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install editorconfig
Install editorconfig on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the editorconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove editorconfig
editorconfig Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.