SSH shell: He says "Let there be colors" Shell Beginner Guid

sphardy wrote:
FYI: the command apt-get install vim vim-enhanced vim-doc vim-scripts fails - there is no package called vim-enhanced, though it doesn't appear you need it to achieve the colour syntax highlighting

All you need to do is edit .bashrc to enable the colour. This is why I was a bit critical of all the vi-related stuff being somewhat off-putting to the beginner and not related to the job in hand. You don't even need an interactive editor to do the job (let alone vim and enhancements!) if you don't mind geek-speak instructions, but I'm a big fan of the KISS principle in general.

In this case installing and using nano as the editor is a no-brainer, completely avoiding unnecessary issues like the one you just highlighted.