How To Install vim-devicons on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-devicons on Fedora 36.
What is vim-devicons
Supports plugins such as NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, powerline, denite, unite, lightline.vim, vim-startify, vimfiler, vim-buffet and flagship. Features - Adds filetype glyphs (icons) to various vim plugins. - Customizable and extendable glyphs settings. - Supports a wide range of file type extensions. - Supports popular full filenames, like .gitignore, node_modules, .vimrc, and many more. - Supports byte order marker (BOM). - Works with patched fonts, especially Nerd Fonts.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-devicons on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-devicons.
Install vim-devicons 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 vim-devicons using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-devicons
Install vim-devicons 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 vim-devicons using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-devicons
How To Uninstall vim-devicons on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the vim-devicons package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-devicons
vim-devicons Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/DEVELOPER.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/README.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-devicons/webdevicons.txt
/usr/share/licenses/vim-devicons
/usr/share/licenses/vim-devicons/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-devicons.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline/formatters
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/airline/extensions/tabline/formatters/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/ctrlp.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/denite.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/flagship.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/startify.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/unite.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/devicons/plugins/vimfiler.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler/columns
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/vimfiler/columns/devicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/nerdtree_plugin/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/webdevicons.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/__init__.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline/__init__.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/pythonx/vim_devicons/powerline/segments.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite/filter
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/rplugin/python3/denite/filter/devicons_denite_converter.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-devicons on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).