How To Install vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-enhanced.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vim-enhanced.x86_64 is A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `vim-enhanced.x86_64`

VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features and more. The vim-enhanced package contains a version of VIM with extra, recently introduced features like Python and Perl interpreters. Install the vim-enhanced package if you’d like to use a version of the VIM editor which includes recently added enhancements like interpreters for the Python and Perl scripting languages. You’ll also need to install the vim-common package.

We can use yum to install vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-enhanced.x86_64.

Install vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vim-enhanced.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-enhanced.x86_64

How To Uninstall vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the vim-enhanced.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove vim-enhanced.x86_64

vim-enhanced.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/rvim
/usr/bin/vim
/usr/bin/vimdiff
/usr/bin/vimtutor

References

vim-enhanced.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-enhanced.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.