FreeBSD Install VIM Editor Without X11 GUI

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FreeBSD Install VIM Editor Without X11 GUI

To install the VIM text editor on a FreeBSD system without the X11 GUI, you will need to do the following:

  1. Update the system's package database by running the following command:
# pkg update
  1. Install the VIM text editor package using the pkg package manager:
# pkg install vim-console

This will install the VIM text editor on your FreeBSD system without the X11 GUI.

To start the VIM text editor, you can run the vim command on the command line.

For example, to edit a file file.txt, you can use the following command:

$ vim file.txt

This will open the file.txt file in the VIM text editor.

For more information about using the VIM text editor on a FreeBSD system, you can refer to the VIM documentation and the vim man page by running man vim on the command line.

Created Time:2017-10-28 20:40:34  Author:lautturi