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How to install Vim in a docker container?
Undergrad senior at University of Tokyo, Japan Working on web development, machine learning and IoT systems. I just realized that my docker container did not have vim installed, and had to google some commands. All you need to do is run the commands below in the container.
Why is syntax highlighting not working in Vim?
I’ve installed a fresh Arch Linux system on my laptop and downloaded the vim package. I haven’t altered the .vimrc file, but the syntax highlighting doesn’t seem to work with any of the languages I tried (Python, Ruby, CSharp, C…). Auto formatting (gg, =, G) also fails.
What to do when Vim addon does not work?
As per the Debian vim policy, installed addons are not activated automatically, but the “vim-addon-manager” tool can be used for this purpose. Executing vim-addon-manager -w install icinga2 following a regular vim-icinga2 package installation solved the issue.
How to run commands in a docker container?
All you need to do is run the commands below in the container. These commands are mainly used in Ubuntu containers. In case of CentOS, the commands below will work. If you want to directly write the commands in the Dockerfile:
Can a Linux VM run in a docker container?
Eg. Inside container (in docker, not in VM), by default these are not installed. Even apt-get, wget will not work. My VM is running on Ubuntu 17.10.
How to check the OS of a docker container?
Get inside the container using exec: 2. Figure out OS on which container image was built and act accordingly Now, to figure out on which OS the container image was built, we can also check the OS version once we are inside that container using below:
Is it possible to run WGET in a docker container?
To make it available to all the containers, edit the Dockerfile and add or you can also extend the image in the new Dockerfile and add above command. Eg. Inside container (in docker, not in VM), by default these are not installed. Even apt-get, wget will not work.
To install within your Docker container you can run command docker exec apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim But this will be limited to the container in which vim is installed. To make it available to all the containers, edit the Dockerfile and add
Why is servername disabled in Vim under xterm?
When you want to use Vim’s ‘clientserver’ features, you have this problem with non-GUI Vim under xterm: In Vim under xterm, ‘servername’ is disabled by default even when ‘clientserver’ feature is compiled into Vim. This is different from GUI gvim, where ‘servername’ is enabled by default.
What does it mean when Vim says there is no server?
If there is no answer (with exit status zero), it means there is no available server; and if your Vim hasn’t got +clientserver compiled-in, you’ll get an error message and a nonzero exit status. For Ubuntu to install +clientserver you need to install vim-gnome, example:
Is there a way to exit Vim without G?
You can try it yourself, just open vim (without -g) in an xterm, and type in some random stuff, while you are still in the INSERT mode, press Ctrl-X, and the whole xterm hangs. To exit you will have to close the window.