ry 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.