How To Install vim-ultisnips on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ultisnips on Debian 10.
What is vim-ultisnips
vim-ultisnips is:
UltiSnips provides snippet management for the Vim editor. A snippet is a short piece of text that is either re-used often or contains a lot of redundant text. UltiSnips allows you to insert a snippet with only a few key strokes. Snippets are common in structured text like source code but can also be used for general editing like, for example, inserting a signature in an email or inserting the current date in a text file.
This plugin can utilize the snippets provided by the vim-snippets package.
There are three methods to install vim-ultisnips on Debian 10. 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-ultisnips 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-ultisnips using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-ultisnips
Install vim-ultisnips Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-ultisnips using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-ultisnips
Install vim-ultisnips 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-ultisnips using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-ultisnips
How To Uninstall vim-ultisnips on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vim-ultisnips package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-ultisnips
Uninstall vim-ultisnips And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-ultisnips and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-ultisnips
Remove vim-ultisnips Configurations and Data
To remove vim-ultisnips configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-ultisnips
Remove vim-ultisnips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-ultisnips configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-ultisnips
Dependencies
vim-ultisnips have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ultisnips package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.