How To Install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7. emacs-erlang-el is Elisp source files for erlang-mode under GNU Emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7.

What is emacs-erlang-el

Erlang mode for GNU Emacs (source lisp files).

We can use yum or dnf to install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install emacs-erlang-el.

Install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install emacs-erlang-el using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install emacs-erlang-el

Install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install emacs-erlang-el using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install emacs-erlang-el

How To Uninstall emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove emacs-erlang-el

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-erlang-el on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.