How To Install emacs-auto-complete on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-auto-complete in Fedora 36. emacs-auto-complete is Emacs auto-complete package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-auto-complete on Fedora 36.

What is `emacs-auto-complete`

Auto-Complete is an intelligent auto-completion extension for Emacs. It extends the standard Emacs completion interface and provides an environment that allows users to concentrate more on their own work.

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

Install emacs-auto-complete 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 emacs-auto-complete using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install emacs-auto-complete

Install emacs-auto-complete 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 emacs-auto-complete using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install emacs-auto-complete

How To Uninstall emacs-auto-complete on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the emacs-auto-complete package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove emacs-auto-complete

emacs-auto-complete Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/emacs-auto-complete
/usr/share/doc/emacs-auto-complete/README.md
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete-config.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete-config.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete-pkg.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete-pkg.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auto-complete/auto-complete.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/auto-complete-init.el
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-auto-complete
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-auto-complete/COPYING.GPLv3

References

emacs-auto-complete website

Summary

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