How To Install vim-motif on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-motif on Debian 12.
What is vim-motif
vim-motif 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 Motif GUI and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, and Tcl.
There are three methods to install vim-motif 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-motif 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-motif using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-motif
Install vim-motif Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-motif using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-motif
Install vim-motif 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-motif using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-motif
How To Uninstall vim-motif on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vim-motif package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-motif
Uninstall vim-motif And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-motif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-motif
Remove vim-motif Configurations and Data
To remove vim-motif configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-motif
Remove vim-motif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-motif configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-motif
Dependencies
vim-motif have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-motif package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.