How To Install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-vimode in AlmaLinux 8. geany-plugins-vimode is Vim-mode plugin for Geany

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8.

What is geany-plugins-vimode

Vimode is a Vim-mode plugin for Geany written by a guy who does not use Vim. Expect problems unexpected by a Vim user and, please, report them. Despite the limited Vim knowledge of the author, the plugin tries to be a reasonably complete Vim mode implementation featuring * normal mode, insert/replace mode, visual mode, line visual mode * repeated commands (e.g. 10dd - delete 10 lines) * “motion” commands (e.g. d10l - delete 10 characters to the right) * “text object” commands (e.g. di( - delete inner contents of parentheses) * visual mode commands (e.g. ~ to swap case of the selected text) * basic ex mode commands like * most basic navigation, selection and text manipulation commands * command repetition using “.” and repeated insert

We can use yum or dnf to install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install geany-plugins-vimode.

Install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-vimode using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-vimode

Install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-vimode using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-vimode

How To Uninstall geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the geany-plugins-vimode package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-vimode

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-vimode on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.