How To Install vim-fugitive on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-fugitive on Rocky Linux 8.
What is vim-fugitive
Fugitive is the premier Vim plugin for Git. Or maybe it’s the premier Git plugin for Vim? Either way, it’s “so awesome, it should be illegal”. That’s why it’s called Fugitive.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-fugitive on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-fugitive.
Install vim-fugitive 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-fugitive using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-fugitive
Install vim-fugitive 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-fugitive using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-fugitive
How To Uninstall vim-fugitive on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the vim-fugitive package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-fugitive
vim-fugitive Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-fugitive.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/doc/fugitive.txt
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/fugitiveblame.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/fugitive.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/fugitiveblame.vim
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-fugitive on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.