How To Install vim-minimal on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal on CentOS 7.
What is vim-minimal
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 and more. The vim-minimal package includes a minimal version of VIM, which is installed into /bin/vi for use when only the root partition is present. NOTE the vim-common package is installed.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-minimal on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-minimal.
Install vim-minimal 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-minimal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-minimal
Install vim-minimal 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-minimal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-minimal
How To Uninstall vim-minimal on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the vim-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-minimal
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
