What installed Node.js, Git and Vim?

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My weekly Secunia scan alerted me to the fact that Vim editor was an out-of-date version. and needed to be updated.

I didn’t even know that I had installed Vim editor. Curiosity led me to discover that it had been installed at exactly the same time as Git and Node.js, but I still don’t know what installed it.

Can anyone tell me what includes these programs in its installation routine? One thought is Aptana Studio 3, which I uninstalled some time ago, as, when I stopped running a society website, I had no further need of Aptana as an editor.

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Have you installed the Windows Bash Beta?
Vim is a Linux editor. Git is like a software depository.

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Cradom – thanks, no, I have not installed the Windows Bash Beta.

These installations are dated July 2014, but I cannot see what installation will have caused these to be placed on my system then.

Thanks!

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Awhile back I had a Secunia alert for node.js and traced it down to my NVIDIA GeForce Experience updater for my NVIDIA Graphics card.

Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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A bit of digging reveals that Node.js is almost always deployed in a web server environment.

Node.js (Wikipedia)
Node.js (Makeuseof)

That matches up well with your mention of hosting a society website.

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BHarder – many thanks, I shall probably remove these, as I have no need of them, and I prefer to know WHY programs made their way on to my drive.

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