On 2017-03-03, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > There is a difference between sudo and su. Some things that root (or a > "su root" console) can do, cannot be done by plain sudo. I don't know > the fine points of these differences. > > If you install vim at the default location (with > /usr/local/share/vim/vim80 as the $VIMRUNTIME of the runtime files, > and with the executable in /usr/local/bin) try running the "make > install" in a root console, not with sudo. > > If you install Vim somewhere under your own home directory, you should > be able to run it as yourself with neither su nor sudo.
I used to install Vim in ~/bin and the runtime files in ~/src/vim at work because I didn't have permissions to install anywhere else. I then got added to a group with permissions to do a few more things with sudo, but continued to install Vim in my home directory. Then IT mounted everyone's home directories via some horribly slow means that noticeably affected Vim's performance, so I started installing in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/share. This worked fine until today. I didn't think about using su. I will try that tomorrow. Regards, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
