Hi Dominique,
On 26/10/2019 19:10, Dominique Pellé wrote: > Sihera Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Christian, >> >> >> On 25/10/2019 17:53, Christian Brabandt wrote: >>> On Fr, 25 Okt 2019, Sihera Andre wrote: >>> >>>> The reason I don't "simply" do "make install" is because, in the past, >>>> what was installed from a locally checked-out repository and what was >>>> shipped with the operating system package manager (in this case, Ubuntu) >>>> often did not match even if I made sure to check out the same version >>>> (or slightly newer) as the repository package versions. >>>> >>>> I got tired a long time ago of typing "make install" on a number of >>>> projects (not just ViM) just to have everything stop working as they >>>> destroyed the environment that the OS package manager was doing a very >>>> good job of maintaining. I ended up then (and still do now) using git to >>>> version control a good proportion of my /usr/local and /usr/share settings >>>> just so that when I do a "make install" on a locally-built package and >>>> everything stops working I can simply just do a "git checkout" to bring >>>> it all back. > > Never install things in /usr/bin/ > Files there are managed by Ubuntu packages. Thank you for the advice. I am aware of the risks of putting files directly in /usr/bin. As far as I was aware, I didn't know you don't actually released "vim.huge" into the official repositories, so I assumed I was free to do so. Do you release "vim.huge" into the official repositories? > > Instead, you should install vim in /usr/local/bin. > > If you just do... > > $ ./configure --with-features=huge > $ make -j8 > $ sudo make install You know what would be *really* useful? If you could provide a "make uninstall" that put my /usr/local/share and /usr/share/vim back to the exact state before I did "make install". Then I wouldn't have to use "git" to manage it all myself when it goes wrong. Cheers, Andre. > Then vim will be installed in /usr/local (including binary > in /usr/local/bin and runtime in /usr/local/share/...) so > everything will be consistent, and it won't interfere with > Ubuntu packages. > > Make sure /usr/local/bin is in your path before /usr/bin > to run your own version of Vim rather than the Ubuntu Vim. > > Regards > Dominique > -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/PS2P216MB02757617D953452594AC6DF7C0670%40PS2P216MB0275.KORP216.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
