I have install Vim 8 (so that I can use ale). Unfortunately I can't seem to get the system clipboard to work. (E.g. using vim-gnome
I would use the "+y
to yank to the system clipboard. Has anybody got this working?
I installed Vim 8 using:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim
Best Answer
If after adding the
jonathanf/vim
PPA youapt install vim
, it installsvim.basic
. If you insteadapt install vim-gtk3
, then you getvim.gtk3
which has+clipboard
, and thus the system clipboard. Regardless of which one you install, it will get symlinked to/usr/bin/vim
(converted my comment to an answer in case anyone else stumbles into here)