How To Install vim-airline on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vim-airline
vim-airline is:
vim-airline provides a themable vim status bar that makes use of the powerline font. It’s similar to vim-powerline, but is much simpler since it uses pure vim configuration instead of scripting languages.
Some of its features:
- Tiny core written with extensibility in mind
- Integrates with a variety of vim plugins
- Looks good with regular fonts and provides configuration points so you can use unicode or powerline symbols
- Optimized for speed; it typically loads in under a millisecond
To use the powerline fonts, add the following lines to your .vimrc: let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
To enable the top bar, you can add the following to your .vimrc: let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
There are three methods to install vim-airline on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-airline 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-airline using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-airline
Install vim-airline Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-airline using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-airline
Install vim-airline 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-airline using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-airline
How To Uninstall vim-airline on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vim-airline package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-airline
Uninstall vim-airline And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-airline and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-airline
Remove vim-airline Configurations and Data
To remove vim-airline configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-airline
Remove vim-airline configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-airline configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-airline
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
