How To Install xed on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xed on CentOS 7.
What is xed
Xed is a small, but powerful text editor. It has most standard text editor functions and fully supports international text in Unicode. Advanced features include syntax highlighting and automatic indentation of source code, printing and editing of multiple documents in one window. Xed is extensible through a plugin system, which currently includes support for spell checking, comparing files, viewing CVS ChangeLogs, and adjusting indentation levels.
We can use yum or dnf to install xed on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xed.
Install xed on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xed using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xed
Install xed 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 xed using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xed
How To Uninstall xed on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xed package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xed
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xed on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
