Introduction
This article is informing about how to solve an error message appear upon executing a certain command. That command is the execution of a command or a tool with the name of ‘vim’. Actually, vim is a text editor available in Linux/Unix operating system. According to the manual page of the command, it is a Vi IMproved, a programmer’s text editor. So, it is an improved version of vi which is a programmer’s text editor. So, the solution is simple. Just install the package or the program with the name of ‘vim’. The following is the error display upon the execution of the program :
[root@10 nodejs]# vim demo_server.js -bash: vim: command not found [root@10 nodejs]#
Error Message Solution by Installing the ‘vim’ Package
Installing package in Linux operating system is simple. The following is the installation of the program using the default package manager tool of Linux CentOS 8 :
[root@10 nodejs]# yum -y install vim Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:54 ago on Thu 04 Feb 2021 12:50:22 PM EST. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: vim-enhanced x86_64 2:8.0.1763-15.el8 AppStream 1.4 M Installing dependencies: gpm-libs x86_64 1.20.7-15.el8 AppStream 39 k vim-common x86_64 2:8.0.1763-15.el8 AppStream 6.3 M vim-filesystem noarch 2:8.0.1763-15.el8 AppStream 48 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Install 4 Packages Total download size: 7.8 M Installed size: 30 M Downloading Packages: (1/4): gpm-libs-1.20.7-15.el8.x86_64.rpm 56 kB/s | 39 kB 00:00 (2/4): vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-15.el8.noarch.rpm 210 kB/s | 48 kB 00:00 (3/4): vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64.rpm 488 kB/s | 1.4 MB 00:02 (4/4): vim-common-8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64.rpm 927 kB/s | 6.3 MB 00:07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1.0 MB/s | 7.8 MB 00:07 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.noarch 1/4 Installing : vim-common-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 2/4 Installing : gpm-libs-1.20.7-15.el8.x86_64 3/4 Running scriptlet: gpm-libs-1.20.7-15.el8.x86_64 3/4 Installing : vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 4/4 Running scriptlet: vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 4/4 Running scriptlet: vim-common-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 4/4 Verifying : gpm-libs-1.20.7-15.el8.x86_64 1/4 Verifying : vim-common-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 2/4 Verifying : vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 3/4 Verifying : vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.noarch 4/4 Installed: gpm-libs-1.20.7-15.el8.x86_64 vim-common-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.noarch Complete! [root@10 nodejs]#
Use the ‘yum’ package manager tool to install the program with the name of ‘vim’. So, after installing the ‘vim’ package, just try to execute the program again. If there are no other obstacles, the execution of the command will be just fine.