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Question #76549 on vim in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/76549

    Status: Answered => Open

surfless is still having a problem:
There are no .deb packages in that directory.

So I downloaded vim-full, vim and vim-gnome

vim-full installed but got the following

$ sudo dpkg --force-all -i vim*.deb
(Reading database ... 127765 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace vim 2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5 (using
vim_7.2.079-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vim ...
Preparing to replace vim-gnome 2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5 (using
vim-gnome_7.2.079-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement vim-gnome ...
Setting up vim (2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5) ...
update-alternatives: error or eof reading
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vim for sname ()
dpkg: error processing vim (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up vim-gnome (2:7.2.079-1ubuntu5) ...
update-alternatives: error or eof reading
/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vim for sname ()
dpkg: error processing vim-gnome (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vim
 vim-gnome


On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Isak
Frants<question76549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your question #76549 on vim in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/76549
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Isak Frants proposed the following answer:
> Someone did successfully this:
> cd /var/cache/apt/archives
> sudo dpkg --force-all -i vim*.deb
>
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