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The global or system-wide vim configuration file is generally located under the /etc/vim/vimrc . This configuration file is applied to all users and when Vim is started this configuration file is read and Vim is configured according to this file contents.
Vim Configuration Files: Vim can be configured system wide (globally) via the /etc/vim/vimrc. local file on Ubuntu/Debian based operating systems. On CentOS 7 and RHEL 7, the system wide configuration file for Vim is in /etc/vimrc.
vimrc The files are searched in the order specified above and only the first one that is found is read. RECOMMENDATION: Put all your Vim configuration stuff in the $HOME/. vim/ directory ($HOME/vimfiles/ for MS-Windows). That makes it easy to copy it to another system.
The vimrc file contains optional runtime configuration settings to initialize Vim when it starts. On Unix based systems, the file is named .vimrc , while on Windows systems it is named _vimrc . : help vimrc. You can customize Vim by putting suitable commands in your vimrc.
Just try doing the following:
:version
You will get an output which includes something like:
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
As noted by Herbert in comments, this is where vim looks for vimrcs, it doesn't mean they exist.
You can check the full path of your vimrc with
:echo $MYVIMRC
If the output is empty, then your vim doesn't use a user vimrc (just create it if you wish).
:version does not list /etc/vim but this is where vim is picking up gvimrc and vimrc on my ubuntu box running vim82 from vim-gtk3
For nvim use :scriptnames like proposed in Randy Morris comment
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