Make vi Work Right in Ubuntu Open a terminal window, and enter this command. The pink boxes on this site are a visual cue you are using a termainl window.

$ sudo apt-get install vim

The $ is the standard symbol on this site for the command prompt in the terminal window. The prompt is the last line of text put to the screen when you make a new terminal session. You will be asked to enter your passsword. Do this and the full vi will install. This will give you syntax coloring and lots of other goodness.

Attention Mac Users! You will be much happer with vi on the Mac after you visit the page macVi.php. Also, you should install MacPorts. This greatly simplifies obtaining open source software on your Mac. Make sure you install the Xcode tools that came with your Mac. These tools contain the necessary compilers for building programs on your Mac.

Directory Contents

• bootCamp.php has the proceeding of the last vi boot camp.
• dozeVi.php has directions for getting vi for a Windoze box.
• logging.php will tell you how to log a terminal session into a file. This is very useful for saving interactive sessions in Python to a file
• macVi.php has helpful hints for using vi on a mac.
• scratch.php has information on installing scratch on a linux box.
• sources.list is Morrison's sources.list file for Ubuntu
• sources.php has directions for using sources.list