How To Install vim-textobj-user on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-textobj-user on Ubuntu 20.04. vim-textobj-user is Vim plugin for user-defined text objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-textobj-user on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is vim-textobj-user

vim-textobj-user is:

Users can move the cursor around a document in vim using text objects. The built text objects include words and sentences, paragraphs, blocks and quoted strings.

This plugin provides an easy way to define new text objects using regular expressions for simple text objects or functions for more complex ones.

vim-addons install textobj-user will create all needed symlinks in ~/.vim/

There are three methods to install vim-textobj-user on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-textobj-user 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-textobj-user using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-textobj-user

Install vim-textobj-user Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-textobj-user using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vim-textobj-user

Install vim-textobj-user 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-textobj-user using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-textobj-user

How To Uninstall vim-textobj-user on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the vim-textobj-user package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-textobj-user

Uninstall vim-textobj-user And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vim-textobj-user and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-textobj-user

Remove vim-textobj-user Configurations and Data

To remove vim-textobj-user configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-textobj-user

Remove vim-textobj-user configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vim-textobj-user configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-textobj-user

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-textobj-user package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.