It is recommended that the vi user, to install vim-nox package on their Ubuntu server. The purpose of vim-nox package is to ensure that the vi text editor behaves as expected. Otherwise you may might facing an experience some strange behaviour in the vi text editor on Ubuntu 11.10.
To install vim-nox on Ubuntu 11.10 linux server, please run the following command :
root@ubuntu11:~# apt-get install vim-nox -y
Example :
root@ubuntu11:~# apt-get install vim-nox -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: liblua5.1-0 libperl5.12 libreadline5 libruby1.8 tcl8.5 Suggested packages: tclreadline cscope vim-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: liblua5.1-0 libperl5.12 libreadline5 libruby1.8 tcl8.5 vim-nox 0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded. Need to get 4,800 kB of archives. After this operation, 16.7 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main liblua5.1-0 i386 5.1.4-10 [91.9 kB] Get:2 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libperl5.12 i386 5.12.4-4 [698 kB] Get:3 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libreadline5 i386 5.2-9ubuntu1 [123 kB] Get:4 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main libruby1.8 i386 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.1 [1,781 kB] Get:5 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main tcl8.5 i386 8.5.10-1ubuntu1 [1,106 kB] Get:6 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe vim-nox i386 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3 [1,000 kB] Fetched 4,800 kB in 47s (102 kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package liblua5.1-0. (Reading database ... 49787 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking liblua5.1-0 (from .../liblua5.1-0_5.1.4-10_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libperl5.12. Unpacking libperl5.12 (from .../libperl5.12_5.12.4-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libreadline5. Unpacking libreadline5 (from .../libreadline5_5.2-9ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libruby1.8. Unpacking libruby1.8 (from .../libruby1.8_1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package tcl8.5. Unpacking tcl8.5 (from .../tcl8.5_8.5.10-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package vim-nox. Unpacking vim-nox (from .../vim-nox_2%3a7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up liblua5.1-0 (5.1.4-10) ... Setting up libperl5.12 (5.12.4-4) ... Setting up libreadline5 (5.2-9ubuntu1) ... Setting up libruby1.8 (1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.1) ... Setting up tcl8.5 (8.5.10-1ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/tclsh8.5 to provide /usr/bin/tclsh (tclsh) in auto mode. Setting up vim-nox (2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/vim (vim) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/vimdiff (vimdiff) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/rvim (rvim) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/rview (rview) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/vi (vi) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/view (view) in auto mode. update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.nox to provide /usr/bin/ex (ex) in auto mode. Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
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when i am tring to install the vinnox , on ubuntu11.10 ,it give the messages as ,apt-get install vim-nox , unable to lock the administration directory(/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it