How To Install xemacs-packages-extra on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-packages-extra
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is xemacs-packages-extra
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. The XEmacs packages collection contains a large collection of useful lisp packages for XEmacs including mail readers, programming modes and utilities, and packages related to using XEmacs in multi-lingual environments.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xemacs-packages-extra
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xemacs-packages-extra.
Install xemacs-packages-extra on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xemacs-packages-extra
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xemacs-packages-extra
Install xemacs-packages-extra on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xemacs-packages-extra
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xemacs-packages-extra
How To Uninstall xemacs-packages-extra on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the xemacs-packages-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xemacs-packages-extra
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-packages-extra
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.