How To Install vim-editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8. vim-editorconfig is EditorConfig Vim Plugin

Introduction

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

What is vim-editorconfig

This is an EditorConfig plugin for Vim.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install vim-editorconfig

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

sudo yum -y install vim-editorconfig

How To Uninstall vim-editorconfig on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove vim-editorconfig

vim-editorconfig Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-editorconfig
/usr/share/doc/vim-editorconfig/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/vim-editorconfig/README.md
/usr/share/doc/vim-editorconfig/editorconfig.txt
/usr/share/licenses/vim-editorconfig
/usr/share/licenses/vim-editorconfig/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/vim-editorconfig/LICENSE.PSF
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core/fnmatch.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core/handler.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core/ini.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/editorconfig_core/util.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/editorconfig.vim

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Summary

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