This post covers how to install Vim on linux CentOS 6.3. Vim is an alternative to vi editor. Meaning, vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. Vim can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs. This steps may working on other linux distribution as well.
Execute the following command to install Vim :
[root@centos63 ~]# yum install vim-enhanced -y
Examples :
[root@centos63 ~]# yum install vim-enhanced -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.hostemo.com * extras: mirrors.hostemo.com * updates: mirrors.hostemo.com Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package vim-enhanced.i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: vim-common = 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 for package: 2:vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libgpm.so.2 for package: 2:vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-12.el6 will be installed ---> Package vim-common.i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ==================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: vim-enhanced i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 CentOS6.3-Repository 837 k Installing for dependencies: gpm-libs i686 1.20.6-12.el6 CentOS6.3-Repository 28 k vim-common i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 CentOS6.3-Repository 6.0 M Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 3 Package(s) Total download size: 6.8 M Installed size: 19 M Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 6.8 M ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20 MB/s | 6.8 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.i686 1/3 Installing : 2:vim-common-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 2/3 Installing : 2:vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 3/3 Verifying : 2:vim-common-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 1/3 Verifying : 2:vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686 2/3 Verifying : gpm-libs-1.20.6-12.el6.i686 3/3 Installed: vim-enhanced.i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 Dependency Installed: gpm-libs.i686 0:1.20.6-12.el6 vim-common.i686 2:7.2.411-1.8.el6 Complete!
To use vim, type vim instead of vi :
[root@centos63 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf