How To Install protobuf-emacs-el on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is protobuf-emacs-el

This package contains the elisp source files for protobuf-emacs under GNU Emacs. You do not need to install this package to use protobuf-emacs.

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

Install protobuf-emacs-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 protobuf-emacs-el using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install protobuf-emacs-el

Install protobuf-emacs-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 protobuf-emacs-el using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install protobuf-emacs-el

How To Uninstall protobuf-emacs-el on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove protobuf-emacs-el

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Summary

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