[Useful for pro-test, detailed explanation] After installing Vundle in Vim on Windows system, E492: PluginInstall is not a solution to the editor command.

After installing Vundle in Vim on Windows system, E492: PluginInstall is not a solution to the editor command

Note: You can skip directly to the content section of the revised .vimrc to view the solution.

Happening scene

After installing the Vim plug-in management package, when I want to install the plug-in, the error message E492: PluginInstall is not an editor command appears

Solution

Confirm the location of the .vimrc file

.vimrc is the configuration file of Vim. If you are just starting to use Vim like me, you may not have this file. New location and method of file:

• In the command console, first go to the location of your personal folder: xxx is your username

  cd C:\Users\xxx
  

• Then gvim a .vimrc file in this directory

  gvim .vimrc
  

• In gvim, insert the following default content into the file

  set nocompatible              " 去除VI一致性,必须
  filetype off                  " 必须
  
  " 设置包括vundle和初始化相关的runtime path
  set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
  call vundle#begin()
  " 另一种选择, 指定一个vundle安装插件的路径
  "call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here')
  
  " 让vundle管理插件版本,必须
  Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
  
  " 以下范例用来支持不同格式的插件安装.
  " 请将安装插件的命令放在vundle#begin和vundle#end之间.
  " Github上的插件
  " 格式为 Plugin '用户名/插件仓库名'
  Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
  " 来自 http://vim-scripts.org/vim/scripts.html 的插件
  " Plugin '插件名称' 实际上是 Plugin 'vim-scripts/插件仓库名' 只是此处的用户名可以省略
  Plugin 'L9'
  " 由Git支持但不再github上的插件仓库 Plugin 'git clone 后面的地址'
  Plugin 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git'
  " 本地的Git仓库(例如自己的插件) Plugin 'file:///+本地插件仓库绝对路径'
  Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin'
  " 插件在仓库的子目录中.
  " 正确指定路径用以设置runtimepath. 以下范例插件在sparkup/vim目录下
  Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'}
  " 安装L9，如果已经安装过这个插件，可利用以下格式避免命名冲突
  Plugin 'ascenator/L9', {'name': 'newL9'}
  
  " 你的所有插件需要在下面这行之前
  call vundle#end()            " 必须
  filetype plugin indent on    " 必须 加载vim自带和插件相应的语法和文件类型相关脚本
  " 忽视插件改变缩进,可以使用以下替代:
  "filetype plugin on
  "
  " 简要帮助文档
  " :PluginList       - 列出所有已配置的插件
  " :PluginInstall    - 安装插件,追加 `!` 用以更新或使用 :PluginUpdate
  " :PluginSearch foo - 搜索 foo ; 追加 `!` 清除本地缓存
  " :PluginClean      - 清除未使用插件,需要确认; 追加 `!` 自动批准移除未使用插件
  "
  " 查阅 :h vundle 获取更多细节和wiki以及FAQ
  " 将你自己对非插件片段放在这行之后
  

Confirm the location of Vundle

According to the Vundle documentation, you should have cloned the Vundle library in the /your user name~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim directory, and confirm again whether it has been successfully cloned to this local directory.

Amend the content of .vimrc

After confirming the first two steps, we now have the following facts:

• Have named in your user folder .vimrc file
• There is a folder of \~\.vim\bundle\Vundle.vim in your user folder

Now we open the .vimrc file with vim again. Note the following two lines in the file:

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()

This is actually setting up the command path and running the command when vim is opened. The error that the command cannot be found occurs, which is the problem.

Now we need to relative path to absolute path :( put your username folder to your local user name)

set rtp+=C:\Users\你的用户名文件夹\~\.vim\bundle\Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin('C:\Users\你的用户名文件夹\~\.vim\bundle\Vundle.vim')

Then exit insert mode, save and exit. After entering vim, you can use Vundle's commands normally