How To Install vim on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim on Ubuntu.
What is vim
vim is:
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
This package contains a version of vim compiled with a rather standard set of features. This package does not provide a GUI version of Vim. See the other vim-* packages if you need more (or less).
There are three methods to install vim on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim
Install vim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim
Install vim Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim
How To Uninstall vim on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim
Uninstall vim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim
Remove vim Configurations and Data
To remove vim configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim
Remove vim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim
Dependencies
vim have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.