vim activate Syntax highlighting on Debian/ Ubuntu

Simon | September 9, 2008

1. Install vim

aptitude install vim

2. Edit the vimrc

vim /etc/vim/vimrc

3. remove the quotes in front of syntax highlighting

" Vim5 and later versions support syntax highlighting. Uncommenting the next
" line enables syntax highlighting by default.
syntax on

Thats it enjoy the colours :)

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