How To Install editorconfig-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig-libs on CentOS 8.
What is editorconfig-libs
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 shared library.
We can use yum or dnf to install editorconfig-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install editorconfig-libs.
Install editorconfig-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install editorconfig-libs
Install editorconfig-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install editorconfig-libs
How To Uninstall editorconfig-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the editorconfig-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove editorconfig-libs
editorconfig-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/0e8b4d53df2d872f21ad973211eaabae5abbe8
/usr/lib64/libeditorconfig.so.0
/usr/lib64/libeditorconfig.so.0.12.5
/usr/share/doc/editorconfig-libs
/usr/share/doc/editorconfig-libs/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/editorconfig-libs
/usr/share/licenses/editorconfig-libs/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/editorconfig.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/editorconfig_handle.h.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/editorconfig-format.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install editorconfig-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.