How To Install global-ctags on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install global-ctags in Fedora 36. global-ctags is Integration of Exuberant Ctags and Pygments with GLOBAL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install global-ctags on Fedora 36.

What is global-ctags

This package contains plug-ins that provides support for more languages through Pygments and Exuberant Ctags.

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

Install global-ctags 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 global-ctags using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install global-ctags

Install global-ctags 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 global-ctags using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install global-ctags

How To Uninstall global-ctags on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the global-ctags package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove global-ctags

global-ctags Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/0c22f21850e9f4b439e1a098801d2b8cd27d55
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/dc1422c3acbdbb29abe94956c46df50b3f1a48
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/63af60df7440a16c37bd1f65d78b53952318e3
/usr/lib64/gtags
/usr/lib64/gtags/exuberant-ctags.so
/usr/lib64/gtags/pygments-parser.so
/usr/lib64/gtags/universal-ctags.so

References

Summary

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