How To Install xemacs-xft on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-xft on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xemacs-xft.
Install xemacs-xft on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xemacs-xft using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xemacs-xft
Install xemacs-xft 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 xemacs-xft using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xemacs-xft
How To Uninstall xemacs-xft on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xemacs-xft package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xemacs-xft
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xemacs-xft on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.