How To Install vim-enhanced on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-enhanced on Rocky Linux 8.
What is vim-enhanced
VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more. The vim-enhanced package contains a version of VIM with extra, recently introduced features like Python and Perl interpreters. Install the vim-enhanced package if you’d like to use a version of the VIM editor which includes recently added enhancements like interpreters for the Python and Perl scripting languages. You’ll also need to install the vim-common package.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-enhanced on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-enhanced.
Install vim-enhanced 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-enhanced using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-enhanced
Install vim-enhanced 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-enhanced using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-enhanced
How To Uninstall vim-enhanced on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the vim-enhanced package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-enhanced
vim-enhanced Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/profile.d/vim.csh
/etc/profile.d/vim.sh
/usr/bin/rvim
/usr/bin/vim
/usr/bin/vimdiff
/usr/bin/vimtutor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/f0bfd98288d4a9d7b9f1e6b22897c46a99e6da
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-enhanced on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.