How to install vim on Solus OS ? [with screenshots]
Installing vim in Solus OS is very simple:
$ sudo eopkg install vim
Now vim is installed. We can check it:
$ vim --version
Short output:
Full outuput:
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Mar 17 2020 20:56:47)
Included patches: 1-377
Modified by Solus
Compiled by Solus
Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl -farsi -mouse_sysmouse -tag_old_static
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
+autocmd +find_in_path +mouse_xterm -tcl
+autochdir +float +multi_byte +termguicolors
-autoservername +folding +multi_lang +terminal
+balloon_eval -footer -mzscheme +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term +fork() -netbeans_intg +termresponse
+browse +gettext +num64 +textobjects
++builtin_terms -hangul_input +packages +textprop
+byte_offset +iconv +path_extra +timers
+channel +insert_expand -perl +title
+cindent +job +persistent_undo +toolbar
+clientserver +jumplist +popupwin +user_commands
+clipboard +keymap +postscript +vartabs
+cmdline_compl +lambda +printer +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist +langmap +profile +virtualedit
+cmdline_info +libcall +python/dyn +visual
+comments +linebreak +python3/dyn +visualextra
+conceal +lispindent +quickfix +viminfo
+cryptv +listcmds +reltime +vreplace
+cscope +localmap +rightleft +wildignore
+cursorbind +lua +ruby +wildmenu
+cursorshape +menu +scrollbind +windows
+dialog_con_gui +mksession +signs +writebackup
+diff +modify_fname +smartindent +X11
+digraphs +mouse -sound -xfontset
+dnd +mouseshape +spell +xim
-ebcdic +mouse_dec +startuptime +xpm
+emacs_tags +mouse_gpm +statusline +xsmp_interact
+eval -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop +xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra +mouse_netterm +syntax -xterm_save
+extra_search +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: x86_64-solus-linux-gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib64/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/uuid -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -g2 -O2 -pipe -fPIC -Wformat -Wformat-security -fstack-protector-strong --param ssp-buffer-size=32 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -ftree-vectorize -feliminate-unused-debug-types -Wall -Wno-error -Wp,-D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: x86_64-solus-linux-gcc -L. -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1000 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,--sort-common -fstack-protector-strong -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,max-page-size=0x1000 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -lncurses -lgpm -ldl -L/usr/lib -llua -lruby -lm