How To Install emacs-common-w3m on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-w3m in Fedora 36. emacs-common-w3m is W3m interface for Emacsen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-w3m on Fedora 36.

What is `emacs-common-w3m`

W3m is a text based World Wide Web browser with IPv6 support. It features excellent support for tables and frames. It can be used as a standalone pager such as lv, less, and more. This package contains the files common to both the GNU Emacs and XEmacs Emacs-w3m packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install emacs-common-w3m on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install emacs-common-w3m.

Install emacs-common-w3m 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-common-w3m using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install emacs-common-w3m

Install emacs-common-w3m 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-common-w3m using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install emacs-common-w3m

How To Uninstall emacs-common-w3m on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the emacs-common-w3m package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove emacs-common-w3m

emacs-common-w3m Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/emacs-common-w3m
/usr/share/doc/emacs-common-w3m/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/emacs-common-w3m/ChangeLog.1
/usr/share/doc/emacs-common-w3m/README
/usr/share/doc/emacs-common-w3m/README.ja
/usr/share/info/emacs-w3m-ja.info.gz
/usr/share/info/emacs-w3m.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-common-w3m
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-common-w3m/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/antenna-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/antenna-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/back-disabled.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/back-disabled.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/back-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/back-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/copy-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/copy-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/db-history-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/db-history-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/forward-disabled.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/forward-disabled.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/forward-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/forward-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/history-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/history-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/home-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/home-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/image-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/image-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/open-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/open-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/parent-disabled.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/parent-disabled.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/parent-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/parent-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/reload-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/reload-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/save-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/save-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/search-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/search-up.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/spinner.gif
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-00.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-00.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-01.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-01.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-10.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-10.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-11.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/state-11.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/weather-up.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/emacs-w3m/weather-up.xpm

References

emacs-common-w3m website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-common-w3m on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).