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Quick installation of vim-common:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: vim-common
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install vim-common
Package Details | |
| Package: | vim-common |
| Version: | 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.vim.org/ |
| Description: | Vi IMproved - Common files 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 files shared by all non GUI-enabled vim variants (vim and vim-tiny currently) available in Debian. Examples of such shared files are: manpages, common executables like xxd, and configuration files. Homepage: http://www.vim.org/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | editors |
How to install vim-common on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If vim-common is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L vim-common' will give followin error.
Installing vim-common:
After system update use the following command to install vim-common:
sudo apt-get install vim-common
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove vim-common from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the vim-common from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the vim-common following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove vim-common
Following command is used to remove the vim-common package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove vim-common
This will remove vim-common and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing vim-common with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge vim-common
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove vim-common
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with vim-common package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
