How To Install dex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dex in Fedora 36. dex is Dextrous text editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dex on Fedora 36.

What is dex

dex is a small and easy to use text editor. Colors and bindings can be fully customized to your liking. It has some features useful to programmers, like ctags support and it can parse compiler errors, but it does not aim to become an IDE.

We can use yum or dnf to install dex on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dex.

Install dex on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dex

Install dex on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dex

How To Uninstall dex on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove dex

dex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/dex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/d77491840b481774a25f5ccac895ca819723c0
/usr/share/dex
/usr/share/dex/binding
/usr/share/dex/binding/default
/usr/share/dex/color
/usr/share/dex/color/darkgray
/usr/share/dex/color/light
/usr/share/dex/color/light256
/usr/share/dex/compiler
/usr/share/dex/compiler/gcc
/usr/share/dex/compiler/go
/usr/share/dex/filetype
/usr/share/dex/rc
/usr/share/dex/syntax
/usr/share/dex/syntax/awk
/usr/share/dex/syntax/c
/usr/share/dex/syntax/config
/usr/share/dex/syntax/css
/usr/share/dex/syntax/dex
/usr/share/dex/syntax/diff
/usr/share/dex/syntax/gitcommit
/usr/share/dex/syntax/gitrebase
/usr/share/dex/syntax/go
/usr/share/dex/syntax/html
/usr/share/dex/syntax/html+smarty
/usr/share/dex/syntax/java
/usr/share/dex/syntax/javascript
/usr/share/dex/syntax/lua
/usr/share/dex/syntax/mail
/usr/share/dex/syntax/make
/usr/share/dex/syntax/php
/usr/share/dex/syntax/python
/usr/share/dex/syntax/sh
/usr/share/dex/syntax/smarty
/usr/share/dex/syntax/sql
/usr/share/dex/syntax/xml
/usr/share/doc/dex
/usr/share/doc/dex/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dex/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/dex/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/dex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/dex-syntax.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dex on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).