diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 4b0ea9cc6b7fe7fe8cca45a726b54eaead84d111..5ddce2340bebafaeb8894aae33ca7714fd36f7a0 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
         echo "EPEL repos not present. Installing them."
         $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
       fi
-      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y python-epdb
+      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y python-epdb vim-common
     else
       $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y mscgen pydb
     fi
diff --git a/common/utils/T/Makefile b/common/utils/T/Makefile
index dcb0d12fab9e638f49e812255e29cf61c058b755..5e1785ea91695ae36e08acab486c14c6b6b79e83 100644
--- a/common/utils/T/Makefile
+++ b/common/utils/T/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $(GENIDS): $(GENIDS_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 T_messages.txt.h: T_messages.txt
-	xxd -i T_messages.txt > T_messages.txt.h
+	xxd -i T_messages.txt T_messages.txt.h
 
 T_IDs.h: $(GENIDS) T_messages.txt
 	./$(GENIDS) T_messages.txt T_IDs.h