Linux vi arrow keys broken in insert mode

Question

My arrow keys don\'t work in vi in insert mode at home, they just each insert a newline and a capital letter, like \'A\'. Is there a way to fix that?

Answer 1

Ubuntu ships default with vim-tiny, which doesn't have all the bells and whistles that vim has.

Do a quick sudo apt-get install vim to get all the juicy features that everyone's talking about.