How To Install vim-gtk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gtk on Debian 10.
What is vim-gtk
vim-gtk 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 GTK2 GUI and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl.
There are three methods to install vim-gtk on Debian 10. 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-gtk
Install vim-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-gtk
Install vim-gtk 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-gtk
How To Uninstall vim-gtk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vim-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-gtk
Uninstall vim-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-gtk
Remove vim-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove vim-gtk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-gtk
Remove vim-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-gtk
Dependencies
vim-gtk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gtk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
