How To Install vim-vimoutliner on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-vimoutliner on Ubuntu 18.04. vim-vimoutliner is script for building an outline editor on top of Vim

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-vimoutliner on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is vim-vimoutliner

vim-vimoutliner is:

Vimoutliner provides commands for using the Vim text editor as an outline editor, to organize text hierarchically into discrete sections.

There are three methods to install vim-vimoutliner 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-vimoutliner 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-vimoutliner using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-vimoutliner

Install vim-vimoutliner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-vimoutliner using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vim-vimoutliner

Install vim-vimoutliner 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-vimoutliner using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-vimoutliner

How To Uninstall vim-vimoutliner on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the vim-vimoutliner package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-vimoutliner

Uninstall vim-vimoutliner And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vim-vimoutliner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-vimoutliner

Remove vim-vimoutliner Configurations and Data

To remove vim-vimoutliner configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-vimoutliner

Remove vim-vimoutliner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vim-vimoutliner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-vimoutliner

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-vimoutliner package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.