How To Install vim-trailing-whitespace on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-trailing-whitespace on CentOS 7.
What is vim-trailing-whitespace
This plugin causes all trailing whitespace to be highlighted in red. To fix the whitespace errors, just call it operates on the entire file. Pass a range (or use V to select some lines) to restrict the portion of the file that gets fixed.
We can use yum or dnf to install vim-trailing-whitespace on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-trailing-whitespace.
Install vim-trailing-whitespace 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-trailing-whitespace using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vim-trailing-whitespace
Install vim-trailing-whitespace 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-trailing-whitespace using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vim-trailing-whitespace
How To Uninstall vim-trailing-whitespace on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the vim-trailing-whitespace package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vim-trailing-whitespace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-trailing-whitespace on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.