How To Install xedit on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xedit in Fedora 36. xedit is Simple text editor for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xedit on Fedora 36.

What is `xedit`

Xedit provides a simple text editor for X.

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

Install xedit 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 xedit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xedit

Install xedit 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 xedit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xedit

How To Uninstall xedit on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xedit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xedit

xedit Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/xedit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/afad2b8921a99d0aa3c06d1b6f5a0617e600e3
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xedit
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xedit-color
/usr/share/X11/xedit
/usr/share/X11/xedit/indent.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/lisp.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/auto.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/c.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/html.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/imake.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/lisp.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/make.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/man.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/patch.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/perl.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/python.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/rpm.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/sgml.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/sh.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/xconf.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/xlog.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/progmodes/xrdb.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/syntax.lsp
/usr/share/X11/xedit/xedit.lsp
/usr/share/applications/xedit.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xedit
/usr/share/doc/xedit/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xedit/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xedit/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xedit/README
/usr/share/man/man1/xedit.1.gz

References

xedit website

Summary

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