How To Install vim-fugitive on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-fugitive in Fedora 36. vim-fugitive is A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-fugitive on Fedora 36.

What is `vim-fugitive`

Fugitive is the premier Vim plugin for Git. Or maybe it’s the premier Git plugin for Vim? Either way, it’s “so awesome, it should be illegal”. That’s why it’s called Fugitive.

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

Install vim-fugitive 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-fugitive using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-fugitive

Install vim-fugitive 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-fugitive using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-fugitive

How To Uninstall vim-fugitive on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vim-fugitive package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-fugitive

vim-fugitive Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/metainfo/vim-fugitive.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/doc/fugitive.txt
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/fugitiveblame.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/fugitiveblame.vim

References

vim-fugitive website

Summary

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