Information about the package, vim-common, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vim-common package is designed for, The common files needed by any version of the VIM editor.
Package Name:
vim-common
Summary:
The common files needed by any version of the VIM editor
URL:
Description:
VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features: multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more. The vim-common package contains files which every VIM binary will need in order to run. If you are installing vim-enhanced or vim-X11, you'll also need to install the vim-common package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.4.629
Release:
5.el6_8.1
Size:
6.7 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Vim
Control the vim-common package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vim-common
This command will install vim-common on the server.
yum remove vim-common
This command will un-install vim-common on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vim-common
This command will un-install vim-common on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vim-common when using the -y flag.
yum update vim-common
This command will update vim-common to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vim-common
This command will update vim-common to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vim-common when using the -y flag.
yum info vim-common
This command will show you core information about the vim-common package.
yum deplist vim-common
This command will show you the dependencies for vim-common. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update vim-common
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vim-common. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.