I ran into this issue myself. apt-get install vim and then running vim gives the error
vim: error while loading shared libraries: libgailutil.so.18: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I was not even interested in running anything else than the console version so I now updated the alternatives: as root do: # update-alternatives --config vim Es gibt 3 Alternativen, die »vim« bereitstellen. Auswahl Alternative ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/bin/vim.tiny *+ 2 /usr/bin/vim.gnome 3 /usr/bin/vim.basic Drücken Sie die Eingabetaste, um die Vorgabe[*] beizubehalten, oder geben Sie die Auswahlnummer ein: 3 Verwende »/usr/bin/vim.basic«, um »vim« bereitzustellen. It works now. Sorry for having omitted the LANG=C, but someone less familiar with the alternatives setup might be interested nonetheless, so I thought. Steffen -- vim should depend on libgail18 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333843 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs