How To Install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7. vim-filesystem is VIM filesystem layout

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7.

What is vim-filesystem

This package provides some directories which are required by other packages that add vim files, p.e. additional syntax files or filetypes.

We can use yum or dnf to install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-filesystem.

Install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install vim-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-filesystem

Install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install vim-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-filesystem

How To Uninstall vim-filesystem on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove vim-filesystem

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-filesystem on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.