How To Install vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8. vim-ansible is Vim plugin for syntax highlighting ansible’s common filetypes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vim-ansible`

This is a vim syntax plugin for Ansible 2.x, it supports YAML playbooks, Jinja2 templates, and Ansible’s hosts files.

We can use yum or dnf to install vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-ansible.

Install vim-ansible 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 vim-ansible using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-ansible

Install vim-ansible 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 vim-ansible using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-ansible

How To Uninstall vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vim-ansible package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-ansible

vim-ansible Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-ansible
/usr/share/doc/vim-ansible/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/vim-ansible/LICENSE_jinja2.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ansible_hosts.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/indent/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ansible.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ansible_hosts.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/jinja2.vim

References

vim-ansible website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ansible on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.