How To Install vile on Fedora 34

vile is VI Like Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vile on Fedora 34.

What is vile

vile 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 vile on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vile.

Install vile on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vile

Install vile on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install vile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vile

How To Uninstall vile on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the vile package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vile

vile Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/vile
/usr/bin/vile-libdir-path
/usr/bin/vile-pager
/usr/bin/vile-to-html
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/2c3e3ff4d5256a894108b3d40701fd76440ff6
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-libdir-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-pager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile-to-html.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vile.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vile on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.