How To Install emacs-vm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-vm in Fedora 36. emacs-vm is Emacs VM mail reader

Introduction

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

What is `emacs-vm`

VM (View Mail) is an Emacs subsystem that allows UNIX mail to be read and disposed of within Emacs. Commands exist to do the normal things expected of a mail user agent, such as generating replies, saving messages to folders, deleting messages and so on. There are other more advanced commands that do tasks like bursting and creating digests, message forwarding, and organizing message presentation according to various criteria.

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

Install emacs-vm 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-vm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install emacs-vm

Install emacs-vm 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-vm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install emacs-vm

How To Uninstall emacs-vm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove emacs-vm

emacs-vm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/base64-decode
/usr/bin/base64-encode
/usr/bin/qp-decode
/usr/bin/qp-encode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/8c5031f94c107d7267af28fd5a5459c6dba4db
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/2347e4a57e4981fd0b72f9108af646af7c5ffe
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/de1e41b4f7663bda6a8eb3b86ab31b65b83473
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/d67f2a61679c914f8e88cdaaa4de1f20931022
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/README
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/README.headers-only
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/TODO
/usr/share/doc/emacs-vm/example.vm
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/vm-mode-init.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/tapestry.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/tapestry.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/u-vm-color.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/u-vm-color.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vcard.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vcard.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/version.txt
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-autoload.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-autoload.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-autoloads.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-autoloads.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-avirtual.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-avirtual.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-biff.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-biff.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-build.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-crypto.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-crypto.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-cus-load.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-delete.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-delete.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-digest.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-digest.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-dired.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-dired.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-edit.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-edit.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-folder.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-folder.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-grepmail.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-grepmail.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-imap.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-imap.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-license.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-license.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-macro.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-macro.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mark.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mark.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-menu.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-menu.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-message-history.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-message-history.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-message.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-message.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mime.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mime.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-minibuf.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-minibuf.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-misc.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-misc.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-motion.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-motion.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mouse.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-mouse.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-page.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-page.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pcrisis.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pcrisis.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pgg.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pgg.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pine.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pine.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pop.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-pop.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-ps-print.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-ps-print.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-reply.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-reply.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-rfaddons.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-rfaddons.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-save.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-save.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-search.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-search.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-serial.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-serial.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-smime.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-smime.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-sort.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-sort.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-startup.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-startup.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-summary-faces.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-summary-faces.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-summary.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-summary.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-thread.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-thread.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-toolbar.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-toolbar.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-undo.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-undo.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-user.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-user.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-vars.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-vars.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-vcard.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-vcard.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-version.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-version.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-virtual.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-virtual.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-w3.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-w3.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-w3m.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-w3m.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-window.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm-window.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vm/vm.elc
/usr/share/emacs/vm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/autofile-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/autofile-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/compose-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/compose-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/delete-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/delete-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/file-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/file-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/followup-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/followup-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/forward-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/forward-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/getmail-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/getmail-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/autofile-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/autofile-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/compose-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/compose-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/delete-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/delete-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/file-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/file-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/followup-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/followup-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/forward-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/forward-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/getmail-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/getmail-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/help-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/help-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/mime-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/mime-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/mime-xx.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/next-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/next-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/previous-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/previous-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/print-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/print-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/quit-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/quit-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/recover-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/recover-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/reply-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/reply-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/undelete-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/undelete-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/visit-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/gtk/visit-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/help-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/help-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime-xx.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/application.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/audio.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/image.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/message.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/multipart.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/text.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/mime/video.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/next-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/next-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/previous-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/previous-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/print-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/print-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/quit-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/quit-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/recover-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/recover-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/reply-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/reply-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/undelete-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/undelete-up.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/visit-dn.xpm
/usr/share/emacs/vm/pixmaps/visit-up.xpm
/usr/share/info/vm-pcrisis.info.gz
/usr/share/info/vm.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/vm.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/vm.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-vm
/usr/share/licenses/emacs-vm/COPYING
/usr/share/metainfo/emacs-vm.metainfo.xml

References

emacs-vm website

Summary

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