vim in solaris 10

bangbong · August 9, 2009, 3:22am

Hi

I tried to install vim7.2 in solaris 10 x86 , installation completed but not able to get vim to be use.

dependency binary: gtk+ , glib & ncurses
install dependency binary package and then install vim7.2.
#pkgadd -d vim-7.2-sol10-x86-local

$ pkginfo SMCvim
application SMCvim vim

$ vim test
-bash: vim: command not found

Kindly advice

DukeNuke2 · August 9, 2009, 3:51am

why not use "vi" which is part of the installation?

btw. "vim" is not in your PATH, so it can't be found.

bangbong · August 9, 2009, 4:56am

vim works after adding the path... newbie ques... Thanks!

testing vim, but still using vi commands... not able to use vim like in linux.

any tweak that need to be done to use vim command instead of vi ?

DukeNuke2 · August 9, 2009, 5:20am

i don't understand your question! vi and vim are almost the same... vim has some improvements (like a GUI if you like) but thats all and vi is enough for all i've ever done to a file.

bangbong · August 9, 2009, 6:02am

I think I just need to get use to vi .... in solaris...

Thanks!