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

surfless gave more information on the question:
Yes, but its all good learning, just posted again

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 5:24 PM,
surfless<question76549@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Your question #76549 on vim in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/76549
>
>    Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are 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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