How To Install vim-X11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-X11.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vim-X11.x86_64 is The VIM version of the vi editor for the X Window System - GVim

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-X11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `vim-X11.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. VIM-X11 is a version of the VIM editor which will run within the X Window System. If you install this package, you can run VIM as an X application with a full GUI interface and mouse support by command gvim. Install the vim-X11 package if you’d like to try out a version of vi with graphics and mouse capabilities. You’ll also need to install the vim-common package.

We can use yum to install vim-X11.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-X11.x86_64.

Install vim-X11.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-X11.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-X11.x86_64

How To Uninstall vim-X11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the vim-X11.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove vim-X11.x86_64

vim-X11.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/evim
/usr/bin/gex
/usr/bin/gview
/usr/bin/gvim
/usr/bin/gvimdiff
/usr/bin/gvimtutor
/usr/bin/vimtutor
/usr/bin/vimx
/usr/share/applications/gvim.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/locolor
/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16
/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps
/usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/icons/locolor/32x32
/usr/share/icons/locolor/32x32/apps
/usr/share/icons/locolor/32x32/apps/gvim.png
/usr/share/man/man1/evim.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/gvim.appdata.xml

References

vim-X11.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-X11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.