How To Install vim-gui-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gui-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vim-gui-common
vim-gui-common is:
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
This package contains files shared by all GUI-enabled vim variants available in Debian. Examples of such shared files are: gvimtutor, icons, and desktop environments settings.
There are three methods to install vim-gui-common 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-gui-common 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-gui-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-gui-common
Install vim-gui-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-gui-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-gui-common
Install vim-gui-common 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-gui-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-gui-common
How To Uninstall vim-gui-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vim-gui-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-gui-common
Uninstall vim-gui-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-gui-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-gui-common
Remove vim-gui-common Configurations and Data
To remove vim-gui-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-gui-common
Remove vim-gui-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-gui-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-gui-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-gui-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
