Reinstalling Vim

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I'm trying to reinstall vim in ubuntu 11.10, but am having trouble. From the software center I click on install, and I get the error message: "Failed to download package files. Check your internet connection". My internet connection is fine.

Then, I click on OK, and this message comes up: "Requires Installation of untrusted packages." I click on OK (the only option), and the installation ceases. Anyone know how I resolve this problem?

Why would you need to reinstall VIM? I've never heard of it being broken. — John Mark, Nov 22 '11 at 21:35

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '11 at 21:35

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Try from command line:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vim gvim

answered Nov 22 '11 at 21:35

DiogoDoreto

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This seems to have worked (it completed with no errors). But there is no formatting of the text (it's all white on a dark background). I can't find the vim folder in /usr/share/ where it used to be. Do you know where I can find this folder? – AndroidDev Nov 22 '11 at 21:58
@user1024973: Do you have a second vim installation on your system? what is the output of running `which gvim`? – daniel kullmann Nov 23 '11 at 11:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '11 at 04:57

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Before running the commands from @DiogoDoreto 's post, run

sudo apt-get purge vim gvim

Then run update and install. Purge will clear out all of the old configuration files and will usually fix the problem.

answered Nov 24 '11 at 04:57

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That didn't work for me. The command completes just fine but there is no change. Vim is still in /usr/share/vim as before – Costa Michailidis Feb 04 '13 at 21:18

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