How to Install and Uninstall vim Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "vim" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install vim on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vim" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall vim on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vim
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vim package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: vim
Version: 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2800
Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: vim-common (= 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2), vim-runtime (= 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2), libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: ctags, vim-doc, vim-scripts
Description: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Description-md5: 59e8b8f7757db8b53566d5d119872de8
Homepage: https://www.vim.org/
Tag: devel::editor, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vim/vim_8.1.0875-5+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 1281072
MD5sum: 3e8c59982014b5a25364deeb953ad673
SHA256: f65f6c740201dd071e0c2a727431349687087ad1c61158bfea1b85549a83b0cb