How To Install xemacs-filesystem on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-filesystem on CentOS 8.
What is xemacs-filesystem
XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU General Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux. This package contains directories that are required by other packages that add functionality to XEmacs.
We can use yum or dnf to install xemacs-filesystem on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xemacs-filesystem.
Install xemacs-filesystem 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 xemacs-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xemacs-filesystem
Install xemacs-filesystem 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 xemacs-filesystem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xemacs-filesystem
How To Uninstall xemacs-filesystem on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xemacs-filesystem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xemacs-filesystem
xemacs-filesystem Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/xemacs
/usr/share/xemacs/site-lisp
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/etc
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/info
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lib-src
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/site-start.d
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/man
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/pkginfo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-filesystem on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.