dear linux gurus
I am not familiar with nano/pico which you are all mastering
how can I install vi ?
apt install vim/vi doesnt work
thanks in advanced
sudo apt install vim
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Thanks , like I said its not working
I am also not familiar with sudo , I tried with root account
I understand that vi/vim its not to the level of the experts but I only know how to work with vi
apt install vim
Reading package listsā¦ Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state informationā¦ Done
E: Unable to locate package vim
No Network issues
apt search pico
Sortingā¦ Done
Full Text Searchā¦ Done
nano/now 2.2.6-3 armhf [installed,local]
small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
apt-get update
apt-get install vim
for basic things you need doctorat this days
sooo said what this have become
I didnāt try installing āviā, because it was written in 1976. I did successfully install āvimā (as detailed above) with āsudo apt install vimā
I really not sure from your posts what your problems are here, other than you canāt install āviā and donāt want to learn (doesnāt take any learning, unlike āviā) how to use ānanoā or āpicoā
I had the same problem with a fresh Volumio installation.
What succeeded was doing an apt update first:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install vim
I suspect other package installs might also have failed before the apt update, so maybe itās always good to do the apt update after a fresh install.
I just did this in 2026. This is a debian thing and now a Volumio thing. In any case, doing an āapt updateā worked for me. Also, you may need to do it a couple times, because it may not work the first or second time. You need to do it until you get no transmission errors downloading the Package files.
It never hurts to do āapt updateā and almost never hurts to do āapt upgradeā or āapt dist-upgradeā.
please donāt give suggestion that might cause problems to other users.
on Volumio, it is NOT recommended to run apt upgradeā or āapt dist-upgradeā