I work with vim on Ubuntu 20.04 installed from the official repositories:
$ apt policy vim
vim:
Installed: 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5
Candidate: 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 500
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
In the .vimrc file I have the following config:
set clipboard=unnamedplus
That integrated the vim clipboard with the system, i.e. y in Normal mode would send the highlighted text to a vim record and also the system clipboard. Until yesterday. After running the upgrades vim no longer interacts with the system clipboard.
This could happen if some GUI package had been removed or disabled by the upgrade (clipboard integration is provided by such packages). But those packages are still around and healthy:
$ dpkg -l | grep vim
ii vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 amd64 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
ii vim-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 all Vi IMproved - Common files
ii vim-gtk 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 all Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor (dummy package)
ii vim-gtk3 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 amd64 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GTK3 GUI
ii vim-gui-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 all Vi IMproved - Common GUI files
ii vim-runtime 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 all Vi IMproved - Runtime files
ii vim-tiny 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 amd64 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - compact version
And the confirm the clipboard extensions are installed:
$ vim --version | grep clip
+clipboard +keymap +printer +vertsplit
+emacs_tags +mouse_gpm -sun_workshop +xterm_clipboard
Any ideas?
