Install vim-gnome on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

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Quick installation of vim-gnome:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: vim-gnome

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

Package Details
Package:	vim-gnome
Version:	2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1
Maintainer:	Ubuntu Developers
Home page:	http://www.vim.org/
Description:	Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GNOME2 GUI Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. . Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc. . This package contains a version of vim compiled with a GNOME2 GUI and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Tcl. Homepage: http://www.vim.org/
Distro:	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:	editors

How to install vim-gnome on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If vim-gnome is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L vim-gnome' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L vim-gnome
Package `vim-gnome' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$

Installing vim-gnome:

After system update use the following command to install vim-gnome:

sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove vim-gnome from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the vim-gnome from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the vim-gnome following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  vim-gnome

Following command is used to remove the vim-gnome package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove vim-gnome

This will remove vim-gnome and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing vim-gnome with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge vim-gnome

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove vim-gnome

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with vim-gnome package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.