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vim-enhanced


Information about the package, vim-enhanced, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vim-enhanced package is designed for, A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements.


Package Name:

vim-enhanced

Summary:

A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements

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-enhanced package contains a version of VIM with extra, recently introduced features like Python and Perl interpreters. Install the vim-enhanced package if you'd like to use a version of the VIM editor which includes recently added enhancements like interpreters for the Python and Perl scripting languages. You'll also need to install the vim-common package.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

7.4.629

Release:

5.el6_8.1

Size:

1.0 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

Vim



Handy Yum Commands for vim-enhanced


Control the vim-enhanced package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install vim-enhanced

This command will install vim-enhanced on the server.

yum remove vim-enhanced

This command will un-install vim-enhanced on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-enhanced, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove vim-enhanced

This command will un-install vim-enhanced 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-enhanced when using the -y flag.

yum update vim-enhanced

This command will update vim-enhanced to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-enhanced, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update vim-enhanced

This command will update vim-enhanced 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-enhanced when using the -y flag.

yum info vim-enhanced

This command will show you core information about the vim-enhanced package.

yum deplist vim-enhanced

This command will show you the dependencies for vim-enhanced. 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-enhanced

This command will check if there is an update waiting on vim-enhanced. 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.