How To Install global-ctags on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install global-ctags on CentOS 7. global-ctags is Integration of Exuberant Ctags and Pygments with GLOBAL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install global-ctags on CentOS 7.

What is global-ctags

This package contains plug-ins that provides support for more languages through Pygments and Exuberant Ctags.

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

Install global-ctags on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install global-ctags using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install global-ctags

Install global-ctags 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 global-ctags using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install global-ctags

How To Uninstall global-ctags on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the global-ctags package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove global-ctags

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install global-ctags on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.