How to Install VIM (Visual editor IMproved) on Fedora 21

Posted on July 2, 2015 by J. Mays

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Fedora, Fedora 21, Text Editor, Vim, VIsual editor iMproved

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Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 21 has reached its end-of-life support.

Pre-Flight Check

These instructions are intended specifically for installing VIM (Visual editor IMproved or Vi IMproved), an open-source text editor, on Fedora 21.
I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 21 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

Perhaps you received the error: -bash: vim: command not found… to resolve it, follow the instructions below!

Step #1: The Installation

As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:

yum -y update

Then let’s install VIM (Visual editor IMproved) and any required packages:

yum -y install vim-enhanced

Step #2: Verify the Application is Available

Now verify that the application is available by using the following command:

vim

~ VIM - Vi IMproved ~ ~ version 7.4.640 ~ by Bram Moolenaar et al. ~ Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com> ~ Vim is open source and freely distributable ~ ~ Sponsor Vim development! ~ type :help sponsor for information ~ ~ type :q to exit ~ type :help or for on-line help ~ type :help version7 for version info

Step #3: Learn about VIM!

For a refresher on editing files with vim see: New User Tutorial: Overview of the Vim Text Editor

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