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

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-minimal.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vim-minimal.x86_64 is A minimal version of the VIM editor

Introduction

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

What is `vim-minimal.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-minimal package includes a minimal version of VIM, providing the commands vi, view, ex, rvi, and rview. NOTE The online help is only available when the vim-common package is installed.

We can use yum to install vim-minimal.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-minimal.x86_64.

Install vim-minimal.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-minimal.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-minimal.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove vim-minimal.x86_64

vim-minimal.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/virc
/usr/bin/ex
/usr/bin/rvi
/usr/bin/rview
/usr/bin/vi
/usr/bin/view
/usr/libexec/vi
/usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rvi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/virc.5.gz

References

vim-minimal.x86_64 website

Summary

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