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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "vim-scripts" package

Please follow the instructions below to install vim-scripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vim-scripts" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall vim-scripts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: vim-scripts
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Installed-Size: 3568
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 20130814ubuntu1
Recommends: vim, vim-addon-manager
Suggests: perlsgml, libtemplate-perl, exuberant-ctags, aspell, ispell
Filename: pool/universe/v/vim-scripts/vim-scripts_20130814ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 808524
MD5sum: b243edfe8bddedce5c03db555f24be1e
SHA1: c485894481cd8355ac195c5ba92008fd898024d7
SHA256: 5321de6be4eff1f41bd70df025a1dcb56911dffe2a7c91a13c1046ca38ce2da9
Description-en: plugins for vim, adding bells and whistles
Vim is a very capable editor. Its scripting support allows the use of plugins
that enhance the functionality of it. Many people have written scripts, they
are scattered all over the web; however, there's a central resource on
http://vim.sf.net to start with.
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This is a collection of some of those scripts on a purely subjective and biased
basis. Users can thus have some nice scripts without having to go searching.
The scripts can be installed globally or on a per user basis. Here is an
abbreviated summary of some of the included scripts:
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Filetype Plugins
* po.vim - Easier editing of PO multi-lingual translation files
* xml.vim - Helper for editing XML, HTML, and SGML documents
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Games
* VimSokoban_sokoban.vim - Sokoban Game for Vim
* tetris.vim - Tetris for Vim
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General Plugins
* Align.vim - Provides commands to help produce aligned text, eqns, declarations
* EnhancedCommentify.vim - Quickly comment lines in a program
* NERD_commenter.vim - easy code commenting
* a.vim - Alternate Files quickly (.c --> .h etc)
* bufexplorer.vim - Easily switch between buffers without knowing their numbers
* calendar.vim - Calendar
* cvscommand.vim - CVS integration plugin
* cvsmenu.vim - CVS menu supporting most CVS commands
* gnupg.vim - Transparent editing of gpg encrypted files
* info.vim - GNU info documentation browser
* minibufexpl.vim - Elegant buffer explorer - takes very little screen space
* svncommand.vim - Subversion (svn) integration plugin
* taglist.vim - Source code browser (supports dozens of langauges)
* themes.vim - All the color schemes on vim.sf.net, with menu
* utl.vim - Univeral Text Linking - Execute URLs in plain text
* vcscommand.vim - Commands for cvs, svn, git, hg, bzr, svk
* vimspell.vim - ispell or aspell based spell checker with fly-spelling
* whatdomain.vim - Find out the meaning of any Top Level Domain
* winmanager.vim - A windows style IDE for Vim 6.0
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Colors
* over 100 different color schemes e.g. autumn.vim, eclipse.vim, navajo.vim
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Syntax Files
* CVSAnnotate.vim, gitAnnotate.vim, .. - for version control files
* deb.vim - for browsing debian packages
Description-md5: 71b1691faf977c13b677f0e480858465
Enhances: vim
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu