How to uninstall the vi text editor preinstalled in Ubuntu?

Question

I would like to uninstall the vi text editor which is pre-installed in Ubuntu. How would I achieve that?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '14 at 16:16

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Try to remove vim-tiny in the terminal:

sudo apt-get remove vim.tiny

answered Feb 09 '14 at 16:16

Mina Eid

you beat me to it :) – Lynob Feb 09 '14 at 16:16
instead of hyphen use dot – Mina Eid Feb 09 '14 at 16:19
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When I do this on Ubuntu 16.04, it also wants to remove `ubuntu-minimal`, which seems like a bad idea? – Lars Nyström Aug 17 '18 at 11:37
See https://askubuntu.com/questions/1066154/what-is-the-ubuntu-minimal-package-and-do-i-need-it for advice on whether it is safe to remove `ubuntu-minimal`. – fuenfundachtzig Sep 28 '21 at 19:15

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