You can try the scriptvim7-install.sh (attached)
which downloads, builds and installs latest vim7
in one command without arguments.
Description and download link ia at:
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1473
Invocation:
sh ./vim7-install.sh
Or save the script directly from
I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim
for linux but am somewhat confused by the site
there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea what a bz2
file is and the site doesn't explain it (that I can find...).
so I tried to use vim-6.4-src1.tar.gz and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim
for linux but am somewhat confused by the site
there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea what a bz2
file is and the site doesn't explain it (that I can find...).
so I tried to
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Charles E Campbell Jr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim
for linux but am somewhat confused by the site
there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea
Tony Mechelynck wrote:
snip
This configure step also has advantages: you could say that it has the
qualities of its defaults: it allows (almost) common treatment for not
only various Linux distributions but also Unix and Unix-like systems
which have nothing to do with Linux, such as BeOS,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tuesday, 4. March 2008:
Not sure why this couldn't be setup to be as easy as installing gvim
for my windows box...
What Linux distribution do you use? Isn't there an up-to-date version of Vim
available within your package manager? That's the normal way for end-users to
