How To Install vim-ansible on CentOS 8

vim-ansible is Vim plugin for syntax highlighting ansible’s common filetypes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ansible on CentOS 8.

What is `vim-ansible`

This is a vim syntax plugin for Ansible 2.x, it supports YAML playbooks, Jinja2 templates, and Ansible’s hosts files.

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

Install vim-ansible 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 vim-ansible using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-ansible

Install vim-ansible 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 vim-ansible using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-ansible

How To Uninstall vim-ansible on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vim-ansible package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-ansible

vim-ansible Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-ansible
/usr/share/doc/vim-ansible/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible/LICENSE_jinja2.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ansible_hosts.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/indent/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ansible_hosts.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/jinja2.vim

References

vim-ansible website

Summary

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