How To Install vile on CentOS 8

vile is VI Like Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vile on CentOS 8.

What is `vile`

vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of “finger feel”. In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably multi-file editing and viewing, syntax highlighting, and key rebinding.

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

Install vile 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 vile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vile

Install vile 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 vile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vile

How To Uninstall vile on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vile package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vile

vile Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/vile
/usr/bin/vile-libdir-path
/usr/bin/vile-pager
/usr/bin/vile-to-html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/eb90829bf8936bc02f48a12b81643700041862
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-libdir-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-pager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-to-html.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile.1.gz

References

vile website

Summary

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