Vim on CentOS

bijit1709 · 06-16-2008, 05:46 PM

Code:

yum search vim|less

Above is the comand i did and below was the output

Code:

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: extras
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=extras error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>

Does any one know why this is happening or how I can fix it? I am new to CentOS. I want to install VIM.

Thanx

chrism01 · 06-16-2008, 08:02 PM

Are you sure vim isn't already installed ? Its the default editor on Linux. On Unix it'd be vi, but that cmd is usually symlinked to vim on Linux.
Try both 'vi' and 'vim' and see what happens.

anomie · 06-16-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bijit1709

... below was the output

Code:

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[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>

Perhaps because your nameservers are not set up properly? What does your /etc/resolv.conf file contain?

vim-minimal is likely already installed on your CentOS system. This is from a CentOS 4.6 box:

Code:

[tt ~]# yum list 'vim*'
...
Installed Packages
vim-minimal.i386                         1:6.3.046-0.40E.7      installed       
Available Packages
vim-X11.i386                             1:6.3.046-0.40E.7      base            
vim-common.i386                          1:6.3.046-0.40E.7      base            
vim-enhanced.i386                        1:6.3.046-0.40E.7      base

bijit1709 · 06-17-2008, 12:26 AM

Its working now thank you.

is

Quote:

vim-X11.i386

like gvim? or is it different?