Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. Vim can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs. In this post, i will show how to install vim on linux Fedora 16 server. This steps has been tested on Fedora 16, it may working on other linux distribution as well.
If your Fedora 16 does not have vim installed, you’ill get the following error :
[root@fedora16 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf -bash: vim: command not found
To install vim on your Fedora 16, simply run the following command :
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install vim -y
or
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install vim-enhanced -y
[root@fedora16 ~]# yum install vim -y Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package vim-enhanced.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: vim-common = 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 for package: 2:vim-enhanced-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libgpm.so.2 for package: 2:vim-enhanced-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libruby.so.1.8 for package: 2:vim-enhanced-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-21.fc16 will be installed ---> Package ruby-libs.i686 0:1.8.7.357-1.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libreadline.so.5 for package: ruby-libs-1.8.7.357-1.fc16.i686 ---> Package vim-common.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: vim-filesystem for package: 2:vim-common-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package compat-readline5.i686 0:5.2-18.fc15 will be installed ---> Package vim-filesystem.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ==================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: vim-enhanced i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 889 k Installing for dependencies: compat-readline5 i686 5.2-18.fc15 Fedora16-Repository 126 k gpm-libs i686 1.20.6-21.fc16 updates 29 k ruby-libs i686 1.8.7.357-1.fc16 updates 1.8 M vim-common i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 5.4 M vim-filesystem i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 Fedora16-Repository 14 k Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 6 Packages Total download size: 8.3 M Installed size: 27 M Downloading Packages: (2/6): gpm-libs-1.20.6-21.fc16.i686.rpm | 29 kB 00:00 (3/6): ruby-libs-1.8.7.357-1.fc16.i686.rpm | 1.8 MB 00:22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 349 kB/s | 8.3 MB 00:24 Running Transaction Check Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : 2:vim-filesystem-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 1/6 Installing : 2:vim-common-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 2/6 Installing : gpm-libs-1.20.6-21.fc16.i686 3/6 Installing : compat-readline5-5.2-18.fc15.i686 4/6 Installing : ruby-libs-1.8.7.357-1.fc16.i686 5/6 Installing : 2:vim-enhanced-7.3.315-1.fc16.i686 6/6 Installed: vim-enhanced.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 Dependency Installed: compat-readline5.i686 0:5.2-18.fc15 gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-21.fc16 ruby-libs.i686 0:1.8.7.357-1.fc16 vim-common.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 vim-filesystem.i686 2:7.3.315-1.fc16 Complete!
To start using vim editor instead of vi as below :
[root@fedora16 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
