How To Install vim-devicons on CentOS 8

vim-devicons is Adds file type icons to Vim plugins

Introduction

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

What is `vim-devicons`

Supports plugins such as NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, powerline, denite, unite, lightline.vim, vim-startify, vimfiler, vim-buffet and flagship. Features - Adds filetype glyphs (icons) to various vim plugins. - Customizable and extendable glyphs settings. - Supports a wide range of file type extensions. - Supports popular full filenames, like .gitignore, node_modules, .vimrc, and many more. - Supports byte order marker (BOM). - Works with patched fonts, especially Nerd Fonts.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install vim-devicons

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

sudo yum -y install vim-devicons

How To Uninstall vim-devicons on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove vim-devicons

vim-devicons Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/DEVELOPER.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/README.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/webdevicons.txt
/usr/share/licenses/vim-devicons
/usr/share/licenses/vim-devicons/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-devicons.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline/formatters
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline/formatters/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/ctrlp.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/denite.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/flagship.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/startify.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/unite.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/vimfiler.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler/columns
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler/columns/devicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/nerdtree_plugin/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/__init__.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline/__init__.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline/segments.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite/filter
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite/filter/devicons_denite_converter.py

References

vim-devicons website

Summary

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