How To Install vim-X11 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-X11 on CentOS 8.
What is vim-X11
VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more. VIM-X11 is a version of the VIM editor which will run within the X Window System. If you install this package, you can run VIM as an X application with a full GUI interface and mouse support by command gvim. Install the vim-X11 package if you’d like to try out a version of vi with graphics and mouse capabilities. You’ll also need to install the vim-common package.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-X11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-X11.
Install vim-X11 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-X11 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-X11
Install vim-X11 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-X11 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-X11
How To Uninstall vim-X11 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the vim-X11 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-X11
vim-X11 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/evim
/usr/bin/gex
/usr/bin/gview
/usr/bin/gvim
/usr/bin/gvimdiff
/usr/bin/gvimtutor
/usr/bin/vimtutor
/usr/bin/vimx
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/4679a64fd04b899cf5c8cc14feeed948fa9f61
/usr/share/applications/gvim.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/locolor/32x32/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/man/man1/evim.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/gvim.appdata.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-X11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
