Is Vim Installed by Default on Ubuntu?
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I think most desktop user use nano or gedit … if you install Ubuntu Server vim is still installed by default. Show activity on this post. You can install the vim editor simply by typing sudo apt-get install vim in terminal.

Is vim preinstalled on Ubuntu?

Vim is pre-installed in Linux based OS. For Ubuntu its minimal version is pre-installed. Add alias vim=vim. tiny line in .

Does vim come with Ubuntu?

It is bundled in the default installation of almost Linux distribution, though Ubuntu and Debian ships with the minimal version of Vim which lack features such as syntax highlighting making it less powerful or useful as it could be.

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