Comment 25 for bug 491615

I've finally resolved my problem with `vim` working in "compatible mode". It was caused by _missing_ configuration files in /etc/vim I don't know why there were no files in /etc/vim - my Ubuntu installation is rather old. I've recorded my findings in bug #667235 to make default behavior of `vi` and `vim` not to be affected by shared configuration files. The bug also portrays another side of problem that `vi` (not `vim`) starts to run in "nocompatible mode" after `vim` is installed.

Vik, Samium, Peter, if the following fixes the problem with "nocompatible" mode in _vim_ for you, I'll mark this bug as duplucate of #667235
$ sudo aptitude purge vim vim-common vim-gnome vim-gui-common vim-runtime vim-tiny
$ sudo aptitude install vim