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Install MacVim in Sierra


I have a new laptop with Sierra. I brought my applications from my old mac with Time Machine and most of them are working fine. However, Macvim disappeared. I tried to install it. I tried to re-install it by installing Homebrew and brew installing macvim. The install looks successful, but I still cannot find nor use macvim. I guess this is a matter again of application files no longer being in /usr/ but in Library/, but honestly I am a bit lost as to how to figure out whether this is the problem and how to fix it.

Can you please help me out with this?

How I installed Homebrew:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

How I installed Macvim:

brew install macvim

Solution

  • MacVim is keg-only.

    If you run this command after installation:

    brew linkapps
    

    you will find MacVim in your Applications folder in finder.