How To Install vim-gitgutter on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gitgutter on CentOS 8.
What is vim-gitgutter
A Vim plugin which shows a git diff in the ‘gutter’ (sign column). It shows which lines have been added, modified, or removed. You can also preview, stage, and undo individual hunks; and stage partial hunks. The plugin also provides a hunk text object. The signs are always up to date and the plugin never saves your buffer.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-gitgutter on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-gitgutter.
Install vim-gitgutter 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-gitgutter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-gitgutter
Install vim-gitgutter 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-gitgutter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-gitgutter
How To Uninstall vim-gitgutter on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the vim-gitgutter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-gitgutter
vim-gitgutter Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/README.mkd
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/gitgutter.txt
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/cp932.txt
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/fixture.txt
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/fixture_dos.txt
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/runner.vim
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/test
/usr/share/doc/vim-gitgutter/test/test_gitgutter.vim
/usr/share/licenses/vim-gitgutter
/usr/share/licenses/vim-gitgutter/LICENCE
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-gitgutter.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/async.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/debug.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/diff.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/diff_highlight.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/fold.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/highlight.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/hunk.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/sign.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/gitgutter/utility.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/gitgutter.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/unplace.vim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gitgutter on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.