Re: [Trisquel-users] Don't want to use system Vim, want to use my own

You can safely remove it for it is just a metapackage. welcome to the trisquel_forum, trisquel_forum. Oh wait.. You were already here.. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Don't want to use system Vim, want to use my own

Thanks for your reply quantumgravity. AFAICT uninstalling vim would uninstall the "trisquel-recommended" package. Is uninstalling the "trisquel-recommended" package a good idea?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Don't want to use system Vim, want to use my own

One way: first remove vim (sudo apt-get remove vim). Then compile the program with "make checkinstall". Maybe you will have to install "checkinstall" first. You will obtain a .deb file which you can install via dpkg. Now the "vim" command should launch your compiled version.

[Trisquel-users] Don't want to use system Vim, want to use my own

I've compiled Vim from source. I'd like to use the freshly-compiled Vim instead of the version of Vim that's provided by the Trisquel "vim" package... I'm using Trisquel 7.0 How can I go about using the Vim that has been compiled?