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Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi

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Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/vim as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/vim)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/vim)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/vim

» Installing core/vim

☁ Determining latest version of core/vim in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/vim/8.1.1694/20200306015156

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✓ Installed core/vim/8.1.1694/20200306015156

★ Install of core/vim/8.1.1694/20200306015156 complete with 1 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/vim

» Binlinking vim from core/vim into /bin

★ Binlinked vim from core/vim/8.1.1694/20200306015156 to /bin/vim

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Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/vim --help or vim --help

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Mar  6 2020 01:54:16)

Usage: vim [arguments] [file ..]       edit specified file(s)
   or: vim [arguments] -               read text from stdin
   or: vim [arguments] -t tag          edit file where tag is defined
   or: vim [arguments] -q [errorfile]  edit file with first error
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