Problem installing latest vim on ubuntu 12.10

Question

I am trying to install the latest version of vim on Ubuntu 12.10. But when I use this command

sudo apt-get install vim

It gives me such an error enter image description here

How to solve this?

How do I resolve unmet dependencies? – Basharat Sialvi May 15 '13 at 15:51 — Basharat Sialvi, May 15 '13 at 15:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '13 at 17:14

I am assuming vim works, and you would like a newer version. Therefore, my answer deliberately bypasses the method you are trying to use -- sudo apt-get -- which is fine for most things.

However, the fact you have a message "already at the latest level" is telling me you want a newer version.

I suggest you create a scratch directory under ~ after you log in.

1) mkdir vim_install

2) Then download the latest *nix version of vim -- The runtime and source files together: vim-##.tar.bz2 vim-7.3.tar.bz2 -- and unpack it in vim_install. A directory vim73 should be created.

3) Follow the instructions in vim73/README.txt. Almost immediately, you'll be told to read another README that corresponds to your architecture/OS.

4) At some point you'll build and/or distribute as root.

I've done this on several Linux systems we have in production, and downloading vim has never caused a problem for anything else I have installed, because it is built from its sources to run compatibly with your Linux system.

And this is the solution.... :) – Nabil May 15 '13 at 18:43 — Nabil, May 15 '13 at 18:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '13 at 15:48

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Have you tried running sudo apt-get install vim-common before sudo apt-get install vim? It looks like it's just missing that dependency; once that's installed I imagine it should work alright.

answered May 15 '13 at 15:48

Jez W

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Yes. vim-common is installed. Here's the message--
vim-common is already the newest version.
– Nabil May 15 '13 at 15:52

Mitch · Answer 3 · 2013-05-15T17:03:53.233

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Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get -f install

Once that command finishes, then do

sudo apt-get install vim

If the above doesn't work, try

sudo apt-get clean

Then

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

and try installing VIM again.

Try installing GUI VIM

sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

edited May 15 '13 at 17:03

answered May 15 '13 at 15:52

Mitch

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It won't work. Same result again – Nabil May 15 '13 at 15:57
Try the additions in my answer. – Mitch May 15 '13 at 16:01
Negative result..same output yet. – Nabil May 15 '13 at 16:52
Try GUI vim. See may answer above. – Mitch May 15 '13 at 17:03
I think it is the dependency problem vim-athena, vim-gnome, vim-gtk, vim-nox nothing works. Always same error message. – Nabil May 15 '13 at 17:46
Have looked at Basharat Sial comment above? – Mitch May 15 '13 at 17:47

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '13 at 17:13

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You can try this :

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and then

sudo apt-get install -f

Then, you may need to retry to install vim

sudo apt-get install vim

answered May 15 '13 at 17:13

ulrich

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Problem installing latest vim on ubuntu 12.10

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