How To Install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin on Rocky Linux 8. vim-nerdtree-git-plugin is Plugin of NERDTree showing git status

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vim-nerdtree-git-plugin`

A plugin of NERDTree showing git status flags. Works with the LATEST version of NERDTree.

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

Install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin 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-nerdtree-git-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin

Install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin 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-nerdtree-git-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-nerdtree-git-plugin

How To Uninstall vim-nerdtree-git-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vim-nerdtree-git-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-nerdtree-git-plugin

vim-nerdtree-git-plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/vim-nerdtree-git-plugin
/usr/share/doc/vim-nerdtree-git-plugin/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vim-nerdtree-git-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/vim-nerdtree-git-plugin/LICENSE
/usr/share/metainfo/vim-nerdtree-git-plugin.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/nerdtree_plugin/git_status.vim

References

vim-nerdtree-git-plugin website

Summary

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