I have the following vim packages installed on Linux Mint Debian Edition:

```
vim
vim-common
vim-tiny
vim-runtime
vim-doc

```

I had the above packages installed before, and after installing Vundle (it was functional via instructions on <http://github.com/gmarik/vundle>) decided, to avoid plugin conflicts, to completely remove and reinstall all of the above vim packages/.vim folder, in order to fully utilize Vundle as a means to manage my plugins. In my file explorer, I can see that the folder created from git cloning `~/.vim` and all inherited folders/files belong to root. This causes the following problems with Vundle:

First of all when I executed `:BundleSearch` query:

![http://imgur.com/ZB2RnR7](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qONvg.png) 

To further diagnose my problem, I tried adding a bundle manually into my vimrc:

```
Bundle 'scrooloose/nerdtree'

```

Using the exact same vimrc setup in the Vundle GitHub, it worked on the previous installation.
Now when I attempt to `:BundleInstall` I get the following permission-based errors:

```
[140112 13:48:10] 

[140112 13:48:10] Bundle scrooloose/nerdtree

[140112 13:48:10] $ git clone --recursive 'https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git' '/home/ahqiao/.vim/bundle/nerdtree'

[140112 13:48:10] > fatal: could not create work tree dir '/home/ahqiao/.vim/bundle/nerdtree'.: Permission denied\00

[140112 13:48:11] 

[140112 13:48:11] Helptags:

[140112 13:48:11] :helptags /home/ahqiao/.vim/bundle/vundle/doc/

[140112 13:48:11] > Error running :helptags /home/ahqiao/.vim/bundle/vundle/doc/

[140112 13:48:11] Helptags: 1 bundles processed

```

Furthermore, my vimrc also contains the standard two lines for plugins:

```
filetype plugin on

set nocp

```

In the past, I have also had problems with `:helptags` not being able to access `~/.vim/doc` because of permission so I have had to manually copy the help files into a non-root folder and point to that with `:helptags`.

How can I overcome these root problems? Vundle is really essential for me to manage the amount of plugins I require to code and keep track of.