How To Install xemacs-nox on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-nox on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xemacs-nox
XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU General Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux. This package contains XEmacs built without X Windows support.
We can use yum or dnf to install xemacs-nox on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xemacs-nox.
Install xemacs-nox 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 xemacs-nox using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xemacs-nox
Install xemacs-nox 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 xemacs-nox using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xemacs-nox
How To Uninstall xemacs-nox on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xemacs-nox package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xemacs-nox
xemacs-nox Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/xemacs
/usr/bin/xemacs-nox
/usr/bin/xemacs-nox-21.5-b34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/c263ffb9b28f65dac8e40c9c84b1918657eeb5
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-nox
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-nox/DOC
/usr/lib64/xemacs-21.5-b34/doc-nox/config.values
/usr/share/doc/xemacs-nox
/usr/share/doc/xemacs-nox/Installation-nox
/usr/share/man/man1/xemacs-nox.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-nox on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.