How To Install vim-gtk3 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gtk3 on Debian 11.
What is vim-gtk3
vim-gtk3 is:
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
This package contains a version of vim compiled with a GTK3 GUI and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl.
There are three methods to install vim-gtk3 on Debian 11. 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-gtk3 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-gtk3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-gtk3
Install vim-gtk3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-gtk3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-gtk3
Install vim-gtk3 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-gtk3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-gtk3
How To Uninstall vim-gtk3 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the vim-gtk3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-gtk3
Uninstall vim-gtk3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-gtk3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-gtk3
Remove vim-gtk3 Configurations and Data
To remove vim-gtk3 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-gtk3
Remove vim-gtk3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-gtk3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-gtk3
Dependencies
vim-gtk3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gtk3 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.