vi, getting multiple "Sorry, the command is not available in this version..." after reinstall
Solution 1
Try from within vim
...
:version
and if your get ...
Small version without GUI.
You are missing package vim-gui-common
. It is probably also advisable to install vim-runtime
. Commands to install:
sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common
sudo apt-get install vim-runtime
Another cause might be that alternatives is pointing to the wrong one:
update-alternatives --display vim
to show what is used and ...
update-alternatives --config vim
to change to another vim. It could be that /usr/bin/vim.gnome
is used and you need /usr/bin/vim
edit: Michael Durrant fixed it with #1 in case anyone wonders.
Solution 2
You probably don't have the full version of VIM installed. To check, try executing vim
or:
readlink -f `which vi`
For example, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS only came with /usr/bin/vim.tiny
Install the full VIM:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim
Now you should have /usr/bin/vim.basic
, and the .vimrc
commands should succeed.
Solution 3
If this started after you've updated to 16.04, it might be b/c of the change to python 3 as the default interpreter as @luka5z pointed out.
To resolve, I updated to the latest clang-format.py file from https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/tools/clang-format/clang-format.py
and edited .vimrc lines from:
" Add hook for clang-format
map <C-K> ggVG :pyf /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
imap <C-K> <c-o>:pyf /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
to:
" Add hook for clang-format
map <C-K> ggVG :py3f /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
imap <C-K> <c-o>:py3f /usr/local/bin/clang-format.py<cr>
Solution 4
If you got the error by running other command like crontab -e, the reason is you need to select vim as your editor. Default nano will be used. So just run select-editor, and select vim, then the problem will be solved.
Solution 5
For me I had to install vim.nox-py2:
aptitude install vim-nox-py2
and use update-alternatives to activate it:
update-alternatives --config vim
select the number corresponding to vim.nox-py2.
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Michael Durrant
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Michael Durrant over 1 year
From my .vimrc, getting:
line 16: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype on line 17: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype plugin on line 18: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype indent on line 21: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on line 45: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/ line 46: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/ line 47: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/ line 48: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/ line 49: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: autocmd BufWinLeave * call clearmatches()
I can remove the lines, but I would rather know what I am really missing or need upgrading that is causing this as this file worked for me before.
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NovaDenizen almost 8 yearsI'm using debian, not ubuntu, so this may not apply. On debian jessie, the skinny
vim-tiny
package is installed by default, which does not include thevim-runtime
package. I fixed my E319's by installing the more bloatedvim
package, which hasvim-runtime
as a dependency. -
Jelmer over 7 yearsI got here because of the same problem. Based on the correct answer, I found out
vim
wasn't installed, butvi
was. After installingvim
everything worked. -
Pablo Bianchi about 6 yearsIn my case
:version
doesn't say anything about GUI and installing -gui-commmon or -runtime doesn't fix the problem, it was on~/.vimrc
.
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therobyouknow almost 10 years+1 on the answer, thanks, fixed for me too (on a puphpet.com-provisioned VM running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit): the commands mentioned in the answer above: 1)
sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common
then 2)sudo apt-get install vim-runtime
fixed it for me - i.e. no moreE319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version:
errors. In fact, 1) was the fix, really when issuing command 2) I got messages saying things were already up to date: ...vim-runtime is already the newest version. vim-runtime set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 59 not upgraded.
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muru about 8 yearsTo be noted that this is for 16.04. Vim on Ubuntu used to have only python2 enabled, now it's python3-enabled and python2 ones in a separate package.
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luka5z over 7 yearsPython3 is default interpreter for Ubuntu 16.04. If this message appears as a result of using
py
command, replace it by Python 3 equivalentpy3
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e4c5 over 7 years@luka5z your comment is the most usefull thing I found o this page!
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adrianmc over 6 yearsThis worked for me on Linux Mint while the top answer did not.
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Doktor J almost 4 yearsThank you for this.
vim-gui-common
wants to install a bunch of useless cruft that would eat another 143MB of disk space -- which is important when I'm trying to build a <1GB live image. -
user217019 over 3 yearsvim-gui-common worked for me and fixed the up/down arrow issue when editing.
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Dave C almost 3 yearsThis worked for me on a headless raspberry pi. I think this is a simpler solution than the accepted answer and the original question does not reference a GUI installation.