Sunday, September 24, 2017
Tutorial How to Install Vim Editor in Ubuntu
Tutorial How to Install Vim Editor in Ubuntu
Vim is a powerfull text editor that is available on all linux distros, including Ubuntu. But, by default in Ubuntu 12.04 just installed minimal version of vim.
Like the existing notepad on windows operating system. But in practical, use vim is not as simple as using notepad. In the notepad editor there is a menu bar, which is the menu bar that can facilitate the user in terms of use, both for the save, open files or other things.
Whereas if we use vim, it appears that only a blank screen, with no menu bar or the instructions in its use. This article not tech how to use vim editor, but I promise will post how to use vim editor in the next article.
Like the existing notepad on windows operating system. But in practical, use vim is not as simple as using notepad. In the notepad editor there is a menu bar, which is the menu bar that can facilitate the user in terms of use, both for the save, open files or other things.
Whereas if we use vim, it appears that only a blank screen, with no menu bar or the instructions in its use. This article not tech how to use vim editor, but I promise will post how to use vim editor in the next article.
In this tutorial, will tech how to install the full version of Vim in Ubuntu. This article use Ubuntu version 12.04. Follow these steps:
- Run Terminal and use superuser by type this command: sudo su
- Remove vim-tiny.
The default vim package installed in Ubuntu is vim-tiny. To remove it, run the following command:apt-get remove vim-tiny
- Install Vim full version
To install the full version of Vim, go to the terminal and run the following command:apt-get install vim
Video Tutorial Install vim in Ubuntu
You can check vim version by typing this following command:
vim --version
You can now enjoy the full version of Vim and its many powerful features. Enjoy!
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