How does one run Vim from a new install?

Question

Noob here.

Just installed elementaryOS for the first time. Yay!

Tried to fire up a text editor. No go. Vim shows as being installed in the App Center. But it does not show up under the "Applications" menu, and launching it from the command line says it can't be found.

I uninstalled it and installed it again. Same deal.

I uninstalled and resinstalled the app center. Same deal.

I did an "apt update" and reboot. Again, no vim.

Poked around in the file system looking at the usual bin directories. No vim.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Steps to resolve this issue:

1. ignore AppCenter. Install vim-gnome from the command line.
2. install "Menu Editor" from the AppCenter. The Menu Editor icon will show up Slingshot (the "Applications" menu).
3. Fire up the Menu Editor and select GVim.
4. Enable the "Hide from menus" switch. Exit the Menu Editor and Save changes.
5. Fire up Menu Editor again. Select GVim again, and this time deselect the "Hide from menus" switch.
6. Exit Menu Editor, saving changes.

GVim now appears in the Applications folder.

Answer 2

You can run Vim with vi from the command line.

However, there is no icon in the menu indeed, not even after installing the gvim package… so you might want to file a bug report.

Answer 3

use "vim.tiny" as vim execute command.