% CentOS Package Installation List
% Ian! D. Allen - <idallen@idallen.ca> - [www.idallen.com]
% Fall 2013 - September to December 2013 - Updated Wed Oct 30 01:47:54 EDT
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Overview
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This documents the changes made to the **Minimal** CentOS installation.

You should have [VMware Tools] installed first.

> CentOS 6 is almost identical to Red Had Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) except
> for colours and trademarks. This means you may use the RHEL6 documentation
> to help you with CentOS 6 features.

Install Full Version of VIM
===========================

Your CentOS **Minimal Installation** ISO comes with a *minimal* (they call it
`Small`) version of the `vim` text editor named `vi` that is missing many
features and help files. (There is no `vim` command installed yet, but you
may have an alias with that name.) Run these commands to discover this (note
the use of quotes to hide special characters from the shell):

    # yum -q list 'vim*'
    Installed Packages
    vim-minimal.i686     2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    @anaconda-CentOS-201303020136.i386/6.4
    Available Packages
    vim-X11.i686         2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    base
    vim-common.i686      2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    base
    vim-enhanced.i686    2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    base

    # rpm -q -a | grep 'vim'
    vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686

    # vim
    bash: vim: command not found

    # vi --version | grep 'version'
    Small version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

As `root` use `yum` to download and install the full (they call it `Huge`)
version of `vim` as follows:

1.  Run: `yum install vim-enhanced`
    -   You may need to accept a GPG security key: say yes
    -   **This may not work** – the `yum` may hang trying to find mirrors. If
        that happens, refer to [**Appendix I**] below to get it working.

2.  After the successful installation, run these commands to verify the new
    installation of the enhanced `vim`:

        # yum -q list 'vim*'
        Installed Packages
        vim-common.i686      2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    @base
        vim-enhanced.i686    2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    @base
        vim-minimal.i686     2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    @anaconda-CentOS-201303020136.i386/6.4
        Available Packages
        vim-X11.i686         2:7.2.411-1.8.el6    base

        # rpm -q -a | grep 'vim'
        vim-minimal-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686
        vim-common-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686
        vim-enhanced-7.2.411-1.8.el6.i686

        # vim --version | grep 'version'
        Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

        # vi --version | grep 'version'
        Small version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):

3.  The programs `vi` and `vim` are different in CentOS!
    a.  In which system directory is the minimal (`Small`) `vi` program
        found?
    b.  In which system directory is full (`Huge`) enhanced `vim` program
        found?
    c.  What command makes it easy to answer the above two questions?

4.  Accounts may be given an alias: `alias vi=vim`
    a.  This alias may be created by a script under `/etc/profile.d/`
    b.  Use a simple command and shell GLOB to find out which file creates
        this alias. It’s confusing, isn’t it?

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  [www.idallen.com]: http://www.idallen.com/
  [VMware Tools]: 000_centos_vmware_tools.html
  [**Appendix I**]: #appendix-i-what-to-do-if-yum-doesnt-work
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