Gvim fails to open: E25: GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time

Question

I'm new to Linux, and I just installed Linuz Mint under VMware Player. I'm trying to learn how to program, and I was trying Gvim (Vim's GUI).

I installed Vim using sudo apt-get install vim and tried to run Gvim by vim first.c -g but get the error message:

E25: GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time.  

How do I fix this?

Solution

You need to install another package for GVIM; that'll also get you the gvim command:

sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

Comments

[romainl]

As much as I like Vim I can't recommend anybody to learn programming and Vim at the same time. Learn programming first with a "simple" IDE/editor then, if you are still curious, learn Vim.

[Celeritas]

@romainl I already know C programing. My target platform is now for Unix so that's why I installed Linux. Do you recommend Vim as an editor?

[romainl]

Vim is the most awesome text editor ever but that awesomeness comes at a price: it can take a while to become efficient. That time is probably more wisely spent working on more immediately rewarding things. It's up to you to set your priorities.