I've spent the entire day trying to install/run vim from the terminal!
I've just installed vim-enhanced... typing "vim" in the terminal produces "vim: command not found" Typing vi runs: VIM - Vi IMproved

The opening window says:
Running in Vi compatible mode.
type :set nocp<Enter> for vim defaults
type :help cp-default<Enter> for info on this

typing :help cp-default produces "E149: Sorry, no help for cp-default"

man vim works
vim --help works

Am I missing something???

I do not really understand what is your problem? Yes, usually vi is used and will run vim (but depends on how it was installed).
Why do you think :help cp-default should return something?

Maybe you need the related -doc package?

"Why do you think :help cp-default should return something?"

Because the instructions on the opening page said: type :help cp-default<Enter> for info on this

I installed vim-doc_7.3.547-7_all.deb (same ver as vim-enhansed)

Result: E149: Sorry, no help for cp-default.

Looks like it depends on the version of vim itself, I found it here:
/usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/version5.txt
I have vim-7.4.488-7

From where?
https://packages.debian.org/search?k...ll&section=all

I've been away for a few days. Sorry for the delay getting back to you.

Your link returns the following result:
You have searched for packages that names contain vim-enhanced in all suites, all sections, and all architectures.
Sorry, your search gave no results

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Thanks for your help pan64 & descendant_command but I think we should close this thread!
vim is working... I was just trying to further my education by working out why the [code]help cp-default[code] wasn't working.

I'm running Debian in a test VM while I'm learning the system before setting up a production server and for the time being I've decided to stick with the packages available through my sources.list

deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib

It seems I've got quite a bit more reading to do!!!
Thanks again for your help
Graham

I think you misunderstood my post. The command :help cp-default will read the file mentioned and display the required help page. So you need to check that file if cp-default was missing. Or probably that file was missing...

I've no doubt that I misunderstood your post. I struggle in these forums, I'm missing a foundation of knowledge in Linux so many of the posts I read seem to offer only cryptic clues to a solution... but I'm slowly getting there!

Your last post inspired me to have another stab at getting this to work!

First of all, when I opened Synaptic Package Manager and filtered it with "vim", the following applications were marked as installed: vim-common, vim-tiny and vim-doc... all with the same version number: 2:7.3547-7.

The contents of my /usr/share/vim/vim73/doc/ folder is: help.txt, README.Debin and tags.
The README document stated that the help.txt was a "fake" help file and provided a link to the online help... It also mentioned the "vim-runtime" package.

I downloaded and installed vim-runtime, vim-gnome and all missing dependencies.

Now opening the Synaptic Package Manager and filtering with "vim" shows the following: vim-common, vim-tiny, vim-runtime, vim-gui-common, vim-gnome and vim-doc all with the same version number: 2:7.3547-7.

The original message on the opening page of vim (type :help cp-default<Enter> for info on this) is no longer being displayed.
Typing "vim" in a terminal will now start the vim editor. (Previously, I had to type vi to start the vim editor.)

Everything seems to be working as it should.

Thanks for your help.
Graham