In case the vim version used is the small version without GUI, make sure to do the following,
sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common
sudo apt-get install vim-runtime
The basic version is useful to install on remote servers where you don't need many plugins, and you don't do many edits.
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/qberg/vim-world ~/.vim_runtime
sh ~/.vim_runtime/install_basic_vimrc.sh