System Clipboard Vim within TMUX within SSH session

Question

I have vim open inside tmux inside an ssh session. How can I make vim use my laptop\'s system clipboard as the default copy paste? The default set clipboard=unamed

Answer 1

You need to do two things.

1. On your remote system, install a clipboard-aware Vim (and the X dependencies needed for clipboard support):

   $ sudo apt-get install vim-gtk
   

2. On your local system, start your ssh session with X11 forwarding enabled:

   $ ssh -X user@hostname
   

   See $ man ssh for the security implications of X11 forwarding.