How To Install xemacs-xft on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-xft
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is xemacs-xft
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 with Xft and fontconfig support.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install xemacs-xft
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xemacs-xft.
Install xemacs-xft 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-xft
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xemacs-xft
Install xemacs-xft 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-xft
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xemacs-xft
How To Uninstall xemacs-xft on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the xemacs-xft
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xemacs-xft
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-xft
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.