How To Install vim-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vim-gnome
vim-gnome is:
This is a transitional package to install the vim-gtk3 package. You may remove this package if nothing depends on it.
There are three methods to install vim-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-gnome 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-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-gnome
Install vim-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-gnome
Install vim-gnome 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-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-gnome
How To Uninstall vim-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vim-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-gnome
Uninstall vim-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-gnome
Remove vim-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove vim-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-gnome
Remove vim-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-gnome
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gnome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
