Vim is a popular text editor that allows users to create, edit and manage text files. It is widely used by developers and sysadmins alike because of its powerful features.
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Vim on EndeavourOS Latest.
Open the terminal on your EndeavourOS Latest system by pressing the Ctrl + Alt + T
keys simultaneously.
Before we can install Vim, we need to update the package repository and upgrade the system packages. Run the following commands to do so:
sudo pacman -Syu
To install Vim on your system, simply run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S vim
This command will install Vim and all its dependencies.
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to verify the Vim installation:
vim --version
This command will display the version of Vim installed on your system.
To launch Vim, open the terminal and type vim
followed by the name of the file you want to edit. For example:
vim myfile.txt
This will open the Vim editor with the specified file loaded.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Vim on your EndeavourOS Latest system. You can now start using Vim to edit text files, code and more.
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