How To Install xvile on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvile on CentOS 8.
What is xvile
xvile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of “finger feel”. In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably multi-file editing and viewing, syntax highlighting, and key rebinding.
We can use yum or dnf to install xvile on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xvile.
Install xvile 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 xvile using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xvile
Install xvile 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 xvile using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xvile
How To Uninstall xvile on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xvile package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xvile
xvile Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/lxvile
/usr/bin/lxvile-fonts
/usr/bin/uxvile
/usr/bin/xshell.sh
/usr/bin/xvile
/usr/bin/xvile-libdir-path
/usr/bin/xvile-pager
/usr/bin/xvile-to-html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/bddd1be4dbafb2f9c16c8e3c06d06cd5f3caae
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/UXVile
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XVile
/usr/share/applications/xvile.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vile.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/vile.svg
/usr/share/man/man1/lxvile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uxvile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvile-libdir-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvile-pager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvile-to-html.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xvile.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/vile.xpm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvile on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.