How to change syntax color in vim?

Question

I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. But vim is not showing the proper syntax colors and also the mode in which you are like insert mode. So can anyone help me how to solve the issue?

Solution

For syntax highlighting in vim, first install vim

sudo apt install vim

then run

$ cd /usr/share/vim/vim74/colors
/usr/share/vim/vim74/colors$ ls

From its output:

blue.vim      desert.vim    koehler.vim  peachpuff.vim  slate.vim
darkblue.vim  elflord.vim   morning.vim  README.txt     torte.vim
default.vim   evening.vim   murphy.vim   ron.vim        zellner.vim
delek.vim     industry.vim  pablo.vim    shine.vim

Modify file ~/.vimrc

vi ~/.vimrc or gedit ~/.vimrc and edit

colorscheme koehler

or any you like.

Comments

[Zanna]

are you talking about vim?

[Suraj kumar]

yes its vim...in this vi editor the mode and different syntax colour not showing

[Suraj kumar]

how to solve ...plzzz reply asap

[Zanna]

Ubuntu comes with vim-tiny or something. You have to run sudo apt install vim to get a full-featured vim

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