How To Install vim-lastplace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-lastplace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vim-lastplace
vim-lastplace is:
Intelligently reopen files at your last edit position. By default git, svn, and mercurial commit messages are ignored because you probably want to type a new message and not re-edit the previous one.
There are three methods to install vim-lastplace 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-lastplace 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-lastplace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-lastplace
Install vim-lastplace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-lastplace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-lastplace
Install vim-lastplace 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-lastplace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-lastplace
How To Uninstall vim-lastplace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vim-lastplace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-lastplace
Uninstall vim-lastplace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-lastplace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-lastplace
Remove vim-lastplace Configurations and Data
To remove vim-lastplace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-lastplace
Remove vim-lastplace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-lastplace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-lastplace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-lastplace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
