Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 03:13:37PM +0100, Shane Dev wrote: > So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered > (rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would > personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster).  However, I am > quite

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 03:13:37PM +0100, Shane Dev wrote: https://www.vim.org/vim-8.1-released.php - The main new feature of Vim 8.1 is support for running a terminal in a Vim window The neovim in stretch has this feature. It might be worth giving that a look. I have the following in

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:55:52AM +0100, john doe wrote: Given that vim 8.1 is available in buster (1) you could use apt-pinning (2) to download it. That is generally a horrible idea.

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
> > /!\ Seriously, don't do this. Doing this will break Debian and leave you > > with a system that doesn't work and can't be fixed. Use Backports instead! IRC> /msg dpkg simple sid backport *dpkg* First, check for a backport on . If unavailable: 1) Add a deb-src line for sid (not a deb line!);

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Shane Dev wrote: > > > > > > So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered > > (rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would > > personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster). However, I am > > quite curious what new features are in vim 8.1 that

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Shane Dev
> > > So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered > (rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would > personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster). However, I am > quite curious what new features are in vim 8.1 that would cause you to > go to

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:14:58AM +0100, Shane Dev wrote: >Hello, >I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim >8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to >download the latest source from [1]vim.org and build it on my pc but

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread john doe
On 11/15/2018 10:14 AM, Shane Dev wrote: > Hello, > > I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim > 8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to > download the latest source from vim.org and build it on my pc but then I > would lose the

Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:14:58 +0100 Shane Dev wrote: Hello Shane, >download the latest source from vim.org and build it on my pc but then I >would lose the benefits of apt package management. It's possible to build your own .deb, and install using apt(itude) or synaptic, thereby retaining

What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

2018-11-15 Thread Shane Dev
Hello, I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim 8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to download the latest source from vim.org and build it on my pc but then I would lose the benefits of apt package management. I could also add the