[SOLVED] Installing vim plugin problem

validator456 · 11-12-2015, 12:52 PM

I want to install nerdtree for vim with vundle. But I encounter errors:

I put

Code:

Plugin 'scrooloose/nerdtree'

in my vimrc.

Then in vim:

Code:

:PluginInstall scrooloose/nerdtree

And then I get all kinds of errors. That 'nerdtree' was used previously.

How to know beforehand what to put in your vimrc file and what name to use when trying to download. So far I only found out by trial and error.

John VV · 11-12-2015, 02:01 PM

Quote:

How to know beforehand what to put in your vimrc file and what name to use when trying to download. So far I only found out by trial and error.

maybe by reading the instructions !

the install instructions are clearly on the git page
https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

validator456 · 11-12-2015, 05:03 PM

Please be a little patient with me. I am an island amid an ocean of Windows-users and I have literally none to ask other than you folks here or on some other forum.

Found it of course at 23:58 after trudging along.

It should just be:

Code:

:PluginInstall

And yes, of course it can be read on the page you mentioned.

chrism01 · 11-12-2015, 05:53 PM

Well done sorting it out.

Definitely the 2 places to look are the home for the tool in qn and for general info advice etc, try the vim home site http://www.vim.org/.
Lots of useful stuff there.

validator456 · 11-13-2015, 08:57 AM

Thank you, chrism01