vimtutor opens up empty

[Jerome Potts]

bubba@mine:~$ vimtutor
The program 'vimtutor' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install vim-runtime

bubba@mine:~$ which vim
bubba@mine:~$ which vi
/usr/bin/vi

bubba@mine:~$ dpkg-query -S $(which vi)
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/bin/vi

bubba@mine:~$ vi
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~ VIM - Vi IMproved
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~ version 7.4.488
~ by Bram Moolenaar et al.
~ Modified by <email address hidden>
~ Vim is open source and freely distributable
~
~ Become a registered Vim user!
~ type :help register<Enter> for information
~
~ type :q<Enter> to exit
~ type :help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help
~ type :help version7<Enter> for version info
~
~ Running in Vi compatible mode
~ type :set nocp<Enter> for Vim defaults
~ type :help cp-default<Enter> for info on this
~
~
~
:q
bubba@mine:~$ dpkg-query -l 'vi*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
un vile <none> <none> (no description available)
ii vile-common 9.8p-1 all VI Like Emacs - support files for
ii vile-filters 9.8p-1 amd64 VI Like Emacs - highlighting filt
un vim <none> <none> (no description available)
un vim-athena <none> <none> (no description available)
ii vim-common 2:7.4.488-3u amd64 Vi IMproved - Common files
un vim-gnome <none> <none> (no description available)
un vim-gtk <none> <none> (no description available)
un vim-nox <none> <none> (no description available)
ii vim-tiny 2:7.4.488-3u amd64 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
un virtualbox-gue <none> <none> (no description available)

bubba@mine:~$ sudo apt-get install vim-runtime
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  vim-runtime
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,980 kB of archives.
After this operation, 26.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main vim-runtime all 2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2 [4,980 kB]
Fetched 4,980 kB in 5s (845 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package vim-runtime.
(Reading database ... 174233 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vim-runtime_2%3a7.4.488-3ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/help.txt to /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/help.txt.vim-tiny by vim-runtime'
Adding 'diversion of /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags to /usr/share/vim/vim74/doc/tags.vim-tiny by vim-runtime'
Unpacking vim-runtime (2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up vim-runtime (2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2) ...
Processing /usr/share/vim/addons/doc

bubba@mine:~$ vimtutor
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"/tmp/tutorOwc6RB" 0 lines, 0 characters

bubba@mine:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 15.04
Release: 15.04

bubba@mine:~$ apt-cache policy vim-runtime
vim-runtime:
  Installed: 2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2:7.4.488-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

bubba@mine:~$

[Jerome Potts (jerome-potts)]

But i can get to the vimtutor through the help screens of vi(m):

invoke vi
type ":help" as offered
move the cursor down onto "|tutor|", activate it with CTRL-], which opens up "usr_01.txt", "*01.3* Using the Vim tutor" "*tutor* *vimtutor*"

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Jerome,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time. Your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates.

It would help us a lot if you could test on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once in a terminal:

apport-collect 1504827

and add any additional information that you think relevant. Alternatively, please confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the report. If we do not hear from you the bug report will close itself in approximately two months time.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vim (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]