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From: "DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: vi / vim command
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On 12/6/06, Shahed  wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am a new user of cygwin to practice the linux/unix commands in the window.
>
> But i am unable to use the vi or vim command. I downloaded the vim-7.0.tar
> file. Now what should i do as there is no exe file....
>
> Can anyone please help me?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Shahed
> --

You should not just download the vim tar file.

What you need to do is run the Cygwin setup utility
(http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe) and tell it to install vim for you.

It will take care of the messy details.

-Jason

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