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What is the difference between vim-gnome and vim-nox?

Reported as a duplicate by participants 0xdb , Suvitruf ♦ , Sergey , Kromster , Eugene Krivenja 14 May '18 at 14:41 .

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    judging by the package names, this is about the debian gnu / linux distribution kit (or about some of its “heir”).

    so we look descriptions (supplemented by my free translation):

    1. vim-gnome :

      This is a transitional package to install the vim-gtk3 package. You may remove this package if nothing depends on it.

      This is an intermediate package for installing the vim-gtk3 package. You can remove this package if nothing depends on it.

    2. vim-gtk3 :

      This package contains a version of the vim compiled with a GTK3 GUI and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Tcl.

      This package contains a version of the vim program compiled with GTK3 GUI and scripting support for Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby and Tcl.

    3. vim-nox :

      This package contains a version of vim compiled with support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Tcl but no GUI.

      This package contains a version of vim compiled with Lua, Perl, Python, Ruby and Tcl scripting, but not GUI.

    Summary : vim-gnome is a virtual package in general, and vim-gtk3 depending on it differs from vim-nox only in GUI support.