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Enable Colors in Vi Editor in Ubuntu 

Ubuntu breezy comes configured so that vi editor doesn't display colors.

To enable colors, add the following to the /etc/vim/vimrc file:

let color = "true"

if color == "true"
so $/syntax/syntax.vim
else
syntax off
set t_Co=0
endif

Actually,if you use vim instead of vi, colors are alread enabled.  Just create an alias in ~/bash.bashrc as follows:

alias vi='vim'