# \[ANN\] vim-rails package for Ubuntu/Debian

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-vim-rails-package-for-ubuntu-debian/110309 "2007-07-25T05:51:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![neilw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@neilw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/neilw)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-vim-rails-package-for-ubuntu-debian/110309/1 "2007-07-25T05:51:40Z")

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In my continuing quest for productivity and an easy life, I’ve put  
together a .deb package of vim-scripts that change vim from merely the  
world’s greatest editor into a powerhouse for Rails development.

But more importantly than that I’ve got it into the Ubuntu  
distribution (yeah!). So you’ll be able to do

sudo apt-get install vim-rails  
vim-rails-setup

and you’re good to go.

Or at least you will be able to once Gutsy is released and you  
upgrade… 🙂

Until then it is a little bit more fiddly - see  
[http://www.3spoken.co.uk/2007/07/vim-rails-in-gutsy.html](http://www.3spoken.co.uk/2007/07/vim-rails-in-gutsy.html)

The package is based around Tim Pope’s stunning vim-rails script,  
along with a bunch of other scripts that provide additional  
facilities:

- surround and allml scripts which are used by vim-rails.
- The project script to give you a explorer window to select your  
files
- The dbext script which gives you direct access to the database
- The SimpleFold script so that you can fold your methods and classes  
with ease (using \f)
- The SuperTab script so that completion works like it does under  
Bash.

also includes

- HAML syntax highlighting.
- And a couple of colour styles (vibrantink, vividchalk) that emulate  
the colour scheme of a well known MacOs Rails Editor.

Try it out and see what you think. If you find a problem with it, or  
have a suggestion for enhancement then let me know - preferably by  
filing a bug on Launchpad here:  
[https://bugs.launchpad.net/3accounts/vim-rails/](https://bugs.launchpad.net/3accounts/vim-rails/)

Enjoy

NeilW