How to Install and Uninstall vim-rails Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "vim-rails" package

This tutorial shows how to install vim-rails on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall vim-rails on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vim-rails
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vim-rails package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vim-rails
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Installed-Size: 270
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: all
Version: 4.5~20110829-1
Depends: vim, vim-addon-manager
Recommends: vim-scripts
Filename: pool/universe/v/vim-rails/vim-rails_4.5~20110829-1_all.deb
Size: 62126
MD5sum: 2f25ef7761c593f1fc9d731e9cdbdec6
SHA1: aeed882a1e27bff0ef8de6f13eb1af2f77484eb9
SHA256: ba71caa89206f6c4af7884be47508539c25bd07e73c32037a68ecfa9cb9c4d0d
Description-en: vim development tools for Rails development
vim-rails provides several tools for Rails development with vim:
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* only affects buffers of files inside Rails projects.
* fills key variables like 'makeprg', 'path' with appropriate values for your
application.
* enhanced syntax highlighting for files in Rails projects.
* interface to Rails' scripts/*
* automated partial extraction
* integration with project and dbext vim addons, present in the vim-scripts
package.
Description-md5: 4ae7281fb688d25982f04e444bbdba8f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu