Vim is a highly configurable, text editor for efficiently editing text. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing Vim on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, you need to ensure that your system is up to date. To do that, you can run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Open a terminal on Arch Linux.
Type the following command to update the package lists:
sudo pacman -Syy
Type the following command to install Vim, which is available in the default Arch Linux package repositories:
sudo pacman -S vim
Verify that Vim is installed by typing the following command:
vim --version
This will display Vim version details on your terminal.
If you want to customize Vim, you can do that by creating a ~/.vimrc file. This file allows you to customize various settings in Vim. For instance, you can enable syntax highlighting or set tab settings, and much more.
You can create the .vimrc file by running the following command:
touch ~/.vimrc
Then, you can open the file with Vim:
vim ~/.vimrc
Or you can use any other text editor to edit the file.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Vim on your Arch Linux system. You can start using Vim by typing vim into your terminal.
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