how do i get vi editor for debian?

apt-get install vi doesnt seem to work

apt-get install vim

Vim is Vi IMproved, however it includes a compatibility mode with vi

hi fsateler
thanks for your reply...i got vi now....but now i came across another problem- the include fles

firstly,you must know that im using debian on colinux. so when i got it , the file system must have been very minimal( im not really sure, but pretty much since it dint have gcc). i installed gcc and other packages like kde. meanwhile i decided to try a c program.i tried compiling a "hello world" program using nano( before i got vi).
on compiling it the "stdio.h" header was not found. i browsed to /usr/include and it had only 3 files! namely: X11 ,initreq.h and proc.
now my questions:

are the include files stored anywhere else

if not how do i get the inlcude files.

for that you need to install libc6-dev. Note that usually when you install a package, it's development files are not installed, so you need to install them separately, installing {package-name}-dev packages.

thanks a lot!