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Michael Durrant
Asked: 2013-04-25 06:08:21 +0800 CST

vi, getting multiple "Sorry, the command is not available in this version..." after reinstall

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From my .vimrc, getting:

line   16:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype on
line   17:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype plugin on
line   18:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype indent on
line   21:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
line   45:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
line   46:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
line   47:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
line   48:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
line   49:
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()

I can remove the lines, but I would rather know what I am really missing or need upgrading that is causing this as this file worked for me before.

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6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try from within vim ...

    :version

    and if your get ...

    Small version without GUI.

    You are missing package vim-gui-common. It is probably also advisable to install vim-runtime. Commands to install:

    sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common
sudo apt-get install vim-runtime

    Another cause might be that alternatives is pointing to the wrong one:

    update-alternatives --display vim

    to show what is used and ...

    update-alternatives --config vim

    to change to another vim. It could be that /usr/bin/vim.gnome is used and you need /usr/bin/vim

    edit: Michael Durrant fixed it with #1 in case anyone wonders.

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  2. You probably don't have the full version of VIM installed. To check, try executing vim or:

    readlink -f `which vi`

    For example, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS only came with /usr/bin/vim.tiny

    Install the full VIM:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim

    Now you should have /usr/bin/vim.basic, and the .vimrc commands should succeed.

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  3. If this started after you've updated to 16.04, it might be b/c of the change to python 3 as the default interpreter as @luka5z pointed out.

    To resolve, I updated to the latest clang-format.py file from https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/tools/clang-format/clang-format.py

    and edited .vimrc lines from:

    " Add hook for clang-format
map <C-K> ggVG :pyf /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
imap <C-K> <c-o>:pyf /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>

    to:

    " Add hook for clang-format
map <C-K> ggVG :py3f /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
imap <C-K> <c-o>:py3f /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
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  4. If you got the error by running other command like crontab -e, the reason is you need to select vim as your editor. Default nano will be used. So just run select-editor, and select vim, then the problem will be solved.

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  5. For me I had to install vim.nox-py2:

    aptitude install vim-nox-py2

    and use update-alternatives to activate it:

    update-alternatives --config vim

    select the number corresponding to vim.nox-py2.

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  6. In my case the problem was that I had a file ~/.selected_editor with content:

    # Generated by /usr/bin/select-editor
SELECTED_EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim.basic"

    I rerun select-editor command and selected /usr/bin/vim.basic option - this changed the editor used by external programs.

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