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I downloaded vim-youcompleteme from the software center in Ubuntu. But I don't know how to make it work. When I restarted vim and tested, nothing special occurred. And vim-syntastic is the same. Could someone tell me how to make them work? Should I do something with my ~/.vimrc ? Thanks in advance!

muru
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From the package-specific README (/usr/share/doc/vim-youcompleteme/README.Debian):

vim-youcompleteme
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A code completion plugin for Vim. This package designed to work with
vim-addon-manager. To use this addon install vim-addon-manager package first
and use this command:

  $ vam install youcompleteme

vim-addon-manager is recommended by when vim-youcompleteme, so there's a good chance it is already installed. If not:

sudo apt-get install vim-addon-manager

And then run the command given in the README. vim-syntastic is only available for 14.10, from the results in the package index, but given that it explicitly depends on vim-addon-manager, I'd say something similar applies to it as well.

muru
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In 18.04 it's just;

sudo apt install vim-youcompleteme
vim-addon-manager install youcompleteme

The ubuntu version does not support Java so you may want the latest version depending on your language of choise, so alternativly;

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe.git
cd YouCompleteMe
git submodule update --init --recursive
./install.py --all
user1133275
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Try something like this :

Put this at the top of your .vimrc to use Vundle.

set nocompatible              " be iMproved, required
filetype off                  " required

" set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
" alternatively, pass a path where Vundle should install plugins
"call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here')

" let Vundle manage Vundle, required
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'


" All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
call vundle#end()            " required
filetype plugin indent on    " required

Run following to install: 

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe.git
cd YouCompleteMe
git submodule update --init --recursive
./install.sh --clang-completer
serup
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You can choose use to use vim-pathogen, I think it is available on Ubuntu. It is like vundle, but the only thing to do is clone git repos on the others addons not listed on vam or available like a package on Ubuntu in the directory .vim/bundle.

Pizza
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