I have installed a tiny vim version without the clipboard feature. Can I load this feature for the current version or do I have to install another version of vim?
$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Nov 24 2016 16:44:48)
Included patches: 1-1689
Extra patches: 8.0.0056
Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Compiled by pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Small version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl -farsi -mouse_sgr -tag_any_white
-arabic -file_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tcl
-autocmd -find_in_path -mouse_urxvt +terminfo
-balloon_eval -float -mouse_xterm -termresponse
-browse -folding +multi_byte -textobjects
+builtin_terms -footer -multi_lang -timers
-byte_offset +fork() -mzscheme -title
-channel -gettext -netbeans_intg -toolbar
-cindent -hangul_input +packages -user_commands
-clientserver +iconv -path_extra +vertsplit
-clipboard -insert_expand -perl -virtualedit
:version
output suggests), you can simply install a better version by runningsudo apt-get install vim-nox
orsudo apt-get intall vim-gtk3
– Christian Brabandt Feb 8 '17 at 6:26