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+System-wide `vim` config location might depend on your distro. On Ubuntu, it is located at `/etc/vim/vimrc`.  
+To get the runtime paths right, you'll need to set them, like so:  
+
+```vim
+set runtimepath+=/etc/vim/autoload
+```
+And edit other relevent lines accordingly, wherever the paths are specified.
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