How To Install editorconfig-devel on CentOS 8

editorconfig-devel is Parser library for EditorConfig files (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig-devel on CentOS 8.

What is editorconfig-devel

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. This package contains the files needed for development.

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

Install editorconfig-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install editorconfig-devel

Install editorconfig-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install editorconfig-devel

How To Uninstall editorconfig-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove editorconfig-devel

editorconfig-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/editorconfig
/usr/include/editorconfig/editorconfig.h
/usr/include/editorconfig/editorconfig_handle.h
/usr/lib64/cmake/EditorConfig
/usr/lib64/cmake/EditorConfig/EditorConfigConfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/EditorConfig/EditorConfigConfigVersion.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/EditorConfig/EditorConfigTargets-noconfig.cmake
/usr/lib64/cmake/EditorConfig/EditorConfigTargets.cmake
/usr/lib64/libeditorconfig.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/editorconfig.pc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.