How To Install xemacs-xft on CentOS 8

xemacs-xft is Different version of Emacs built with Xft/fontconfig support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-xft on CentOS 8.

What is xemacs-xft

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 XEmacs built with Xft and fontconfig support.

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

Install xemacs-xft 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-xft using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xemacs-xft

Install xemacs-xft 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-xft using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xemacs-xft

How To Uninstall xemacs-xft on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xemacs-xft package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xemacs-xft

xemacs-xft Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/xemacs
/usr/bin/xemacs-xft
/usr/bin/xemacs-xft-21.5-b34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/cdcd12dea3b7b1ae73740e3e49ca1468860999
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-xft
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-xft/DOC
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-xft/config.values
/usr/share/doc/xemacs-xft
/usr/share/doc/xemacs-xft/Installation-xft
/usr/share/man/man1/xemacs-xft.1.gz

References

Summary

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