Information about the package, vim-minimal, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vim-minimal package is designed for, A minimal version of the VIM editor.
Package Name:
vim-minimal
Summary:
A minimal 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-minimal package includes a minimal version of VIM, which is installed into /bin/vi for use when only the root partition is present. NOTE: The online help is only available when the vim-common package is installed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.4.629
Release:
5.el6_8.1
Size:
888 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
Vim
Control the vim-minimal package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vim-minimal
This command will install vim-minimal on the server.
yum remove vim-minimal
This command will un-install vim-minimal on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-minimal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vim-minimal
This command will un-install vim-minimal 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-minimal when using the -y flag.
yum update vim-minimal
This command will update vim-minimal to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vim-minimal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vim-minimal
This command will update vim-minimal 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-minimal when using the -y flag.
yum info vim-minimal
This command will show you core information about the vim-minimal package.
yum deplist vim-minimal
This command will show you the dependencies for vim-minimal. 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-minimal
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vim-minimal. 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.