i got this installing from iso. initially the cdrom part was in but since i don't have a cdrom i got rid of it...
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130615-23:06]/ wheezy contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130615-23:06]/ wheezy contrib main
#deb
http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
#deb-src
http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
# wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
deb
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib
# deb-src
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib
~
here is the awesomeness:
root@debian:/etc/apt# apt-get update
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates Release
Get:1
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [367 B]
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en
Get:2
http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [367 B]
Fetched 734 B in 0s (1,007 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install vim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package vim is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'vim' has no installation candidate
thanks...