Ubuntu 16.10 repository providing vim 8

Question

Is there a repository that provides vim 8 for ubuntu 16.10? The repository indicated here does not work on 16.10 (see also here)

Solution

[OPTION 1]

In Ubuntu 16.04 following trick worked.

Try via ppa:jonathonf/vim

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim

Check vim version with following command.

vim -version

[OPTION 2]

But for 16.10, build from git source will be a solution as your link describe.

[OPTION 3]

Another option. Download binaries and install with dpkg manually. When I install vim, its dependency vim-common, vim-runtime, xxd and vim-tiny are also installed. Following commands will be install vim and those dependencies. Commands should be run one by one.

xxd

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/xxd_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i xxd_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb

vim-common

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim-common_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i vim-common_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_all.deb

vim-runtime

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim-runtime_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i vim-runtime_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_all.deb

vim

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i vim_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb

vim-tiny

wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim-tiny_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i vim-tiny_8.0.0206-0york1~16.04_amd64.deb

[OPTION 4]

As @CelticWarrior's suggestion, we can also try with apt-add-repository.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu xenial main"
sudo add-apt-repository "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu xenial main"

After adding repository with xenial source.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim

Comments

[supersambo]

Unfortunately this is the one that doesn't work.

[San Lin Naing]

Sorry. I updated my answer. You have already found this way. If I have found I will update this answer again.

[kinru]

If Option 3 works, then you can simply edit the PPA and replace yakkety with xenial. Change it back as soon as the PPA has support for 16.10, if ever.

[San Lin Naing]

@CelticWarrior, Thanks for your advice. If so we may be able to add with add-apt-repository commands. I will add another Option.

[Yamaneko]

Notice that ppa:jonathonf/vim wasn't compiled with Python support.