FreeBSD 系統中預設有安裝 vi 及 ee，不過個人比較習慣使用 vim。
安裝 vim
# pkg installl vim
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue…
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
The following 112 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
vim: 7.4.1556
libXt: 1.1.5,1
中略……
The process will require 606 MiB more space.
118 MiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]: n
發現要安裝 vim ，共要下載 112 個套件、118 MiB 及使用 606 MiB 空間。[@more@]稍微看了一下，發現很多是和 X11 和 GTK 相關的套件，因為 vim 套件中包含了 gvim。
所以改裝 vim-lite
# pkg search vim-lite
vim-lite-7.4.1556 Improved version of the vi editor (lite package)
# pkg install vim-lite
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue…
FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
All repositories are up-to-date.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
New packages to be INSTALLED:
vim-lite: 7.4.1556
The process will require 22 MiB more space.
5 MiB to be downloaded.
Proceed with this action? [y/N]:y