How to install vim.full in Ubuntu?

Question

I've installed Ubuntu Server but I have only vim.basic?

How do i install vim.full?

Tried with aptitude install vim but it said it's always installed.

Because vim is a soft link to vim.basic.

Answer 1

Try the vim-nox package if you do not need a GUI, else try vim-gnome or vim-gtk. There are a number of vim packages compiled with different feature-sets:

% apt-cache search vim | grep vim-
jvim-canna - Japanized VIM (Canna version)
jvim-doc - Documentation for jvim (Japanized VIM)
vim-addon-manager - manager of addons for the Vim editor
vim-gtk - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GTK2 GUI
vim-latexsuite - view, edit and compile LaTeX documents from within Vim
vim-nox - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
vim-scripts - plugins for vim, adding bells and whistles
vim-syntax-gtk - Syntax files to highlight GTK+ keywords in vim
vim-vimoutliner - script for building an outline editor on top of Vim
vim-common - Vi IMproved - Common files
vim-dbg - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor (debugging symbols)
vim-doc - Vi IMproved - HTML documentation
vim-gnome - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GNOME2 GUI
vim-gui-common - Vi IMproved - Common GUI files
vim-runtime - Vi IMproved - Runtime files
vim-tiny - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - compact version
vim-rails - plugins for vim to allow easier editing of Rails Applications

Answer 2

This is what I usually install:

apt-get install vim vim-scripts vim-doc vim-latexsuite vim-gui-common vim-gnome

In the past there use to be a package called "vim-full"...

Answer 3

#sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-vim
#sudo apt-get install gnome-vim

Answer 4

Solution 2 worked for me, except that I had to add "sudo" before the command:

sudo apt-get install vim vim-scripts vim-doc vim-latexsuite vim-gui-common vim gnome