How To Install textern on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install textern on AlmaLinux 8.
What is textern
Textern is a Firefox add-on that allows you to edit text areas in web pages using an external editor. It is similar in functionality to the popular It’s All Text! add-on, though makes use of the WebExtension API and is thus fully compatible with multiprocessing and supported beyond Firefox 57. This is not a self-standing Firefox add-on, it’s only the “native” application used by Add-on named “textern”. Please install the Add-on manually.
We can use yum or dnf to install textern on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install textern.
Install textern 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 textern using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install textern
Install textern 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 textern using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install textern
How To Uninstall textern on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the textern package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove textern
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install textern on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
