Vim Vagrant Plugin using Vundle

2020-02-25T17:13:09Z

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Contents

• Introduction
• A sample .vimrc file after installing Vundle is below.
• Preparation of Vagrantfile plugin for Vundle
• Make changes to $HOME/.vimrc file
• Activate vagrantfile plugin

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Introduction

We will be installing VIM vagrant plugin using Vundle. This assumes that you have already configured your VIM to use Vundle

A sample .vimrc file after installing Vundle is below.

Vundle installation can be done by following this link https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim .

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()
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'

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

set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
filetype indent on
syntax on
" color desert
" color lettuce

Preparation of Vagrantfile plugin for Vundle

Create following structure of directories and files.

mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/vagrantfile/plugin
touch $HOME/.vim/vagrantfile/plugin/vagrantfile.vim
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/vagrant/master/contrib/vim/vagrantfile.vim -o $HOME/.vim/vagrantfile/plugin/vagrantfile.vim
cd $HOME/.vim/vagrantfile 
git init .

Note: It is important to have above structure and initialized it as a git repo.

Make changes to $HOME/.vimrc file

Add following line to $HOME/.vimrc file.

Plugin 'file:///</full/path/to/home/dir>/.vim/vagrantfile'

.vimrc file will look like below:

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()
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
Plugin 'file:////.vim/vagrantfile'

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

set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set softtabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
filetype indent on
syntax on
" color desert
" color lettuce

Activate vagrantfile plugin

Run following command to install the plugin and activate it.

vim +PluginInstall +qall