How To Install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8. emacs-yaml-mode is Major mode to edit YAML files for emacs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `emacs-yaml-mode`

Major mode to edit YAML files for emacs

We can use yum or dnf to install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install emacs-yaml-mode.

Install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install emacs-yaml-mode

Install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install emacs-yaml-mode

How To Uninstall emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the emacs-yaml-mode package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove emacs-yaml-mode

emacs-yaml-mode Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/emacs-yaml-mode
/usr/share/doc/emacs-yaml-mode/Changes
/usr/share/doc/emacs-yaml-mode/README
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/yaml-mode-init.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/yaml-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/yaml-mode/yaml-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/yaml-mode/yaml-mode.elc

References

emacs-yaml-mode website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs-yaml-mode on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.