How To Install vifm on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vifm on Rocky Linux 8.
What is vifm
Vifm is a curses based vi[m] like file manager extended with some useful ideas from mutt. If you use vi[m], vifm gives you complete keyboard control over your files without having to learn a new set of commands. It goes not just about vi[m] like keybindings, but also about modes, options, registers, commands and other things you might already like in vi[m]. Just like vi[m], vifm tries to adhere to the Unix philosophy. So instead of working solutions which are set in stone user is provided with a set of means for customization of vifm to one’s likings. Though builtin functionality should be enough for most of use cases.
We can use yum or dnf to install vifm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vifm.
Install vifm 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 vifm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vifm
Install vifm 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 vifm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vifm
How To Uninstall vifm on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the vifm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vifm
vifm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/vifm
/usr/bin/vifm-convert-dircolors
/usr/bin/vifm-pause
/usr/bin/vifm-screen-split
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/4cfdcea8953ac91d76fa86dfeb0ba6ac57efa8
/usr/share/applications/vifm.desktop
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/vifm
/usr/share/doc/vifm
/usr/share/doc/vifm/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/vifm/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/vifm/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/vifm/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/vifm/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/vifm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/vifm/README
/usr/share/doc/vifm/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/vifm
/usr/share/licenses/vifm/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vifm-convert-dircolors.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vifm-pause.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vifm-screen-split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vifm.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/vifm.png
/usr/share/vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors
/usr/share/vifm/colors/astrell-root.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/astrell-user.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/dmilith-root.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/dmilith-user.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/istib-solarized-dark.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/juef-zenburn.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/colors/reicheltd-light.vifm
/usr/share/vifm/vifm-help.txt
/usr/share/vifm/vifm-media
/usr/share/vifm/vifmrc
/usr/share/vifm/vifmrc-osx
/usr/share/vifm/vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim-doc
/usr/share/vifm/vim-doc/doc
/usr/share/vifm/vim-doc/doc/tags
/usr/share/vifm/vim-doc/doc/vifm-app.txt
/usr/share/vifm/vim/autoload
/usr/share/vifm/vim/autoload/vifm
/usr/share/vifm/vim/autoload/vifm/edit.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/doc
/usr/share/vifm/vim/doc/tags
/usr/share/vifm/vim/doc/vifm-plugin.txt
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftdetect
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftdetect/vifm-rename.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftdetect/vifm.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin/mail_vifm.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin/vifm-cmdedit.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin/vifm-edit.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin/vifm-rename.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/ftplugin/vifm.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/plugin
/usr/share/vifm/vim/plugin/vifm.vim
/usr/share/vifm/vim/syntax
/usr/share/vifm/vim/syntax/vifm.vim
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_vifm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vifm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.