How To Install vim-addon-manager on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-addon-manager on Debian 12.
What is vim-addon-manager
vim-addon-manager is:
vim-addon-manager is a tool for managing addons for the Vim editor.
Using the vim-addons command line the user can list the addons installed on its system (i.e. which are registered in the vim addons registry) and install or uninstall each of them in its per-user configuration directory (~/.vim). Similar actions can be performed by the system administrator to affect all system users.
Override of addons which are enabled per default on the system, so that they are not enabled for the current user, is possible too.
There are three methods to install vim-addon-manager on Debian 12. 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-addon-manager 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-addon-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-addon-manager
Install vim-addon-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-addon-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-addon-manager
Install vim-addon-manager 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-addon-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-addon-manager
How To Uninstall vim-addon-manager on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vim-addon-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-addon-manager
Uninstall vim-addon-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-addon-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-addon-manager
Remove vim-addon-manager Configurations and Data
To remove vim-addon-manager configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-addon-manager
Remove vim-addon-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-addon-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-addon-manager
Dependencies
vim-addon-manager have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-addon-manager package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
