I find it easier to use brew.
1) Install brew. http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
1.5) To make binaries installed by brew take precedence over other
binaries on your OS, make sure /usr/local/bin is at the front of your
path. You can do this by adding this to your bashrc.
# Move (or Add) /usr/local/bin to the front of the path
[ -d /usr/local/bin ] && export PATH=$(echo /usr/local/bin:$PATH | sed
-e 's;:/usr/local/bin;;')
2) `brew install macvim` from a command line. This installs to `/usr/
local`. You can keep all of your brew installed formula (aka
applications) up to date with `brew upgrade` or just upgrade macvim
with `brew upgrade macvim`.
3) Create environment variables and aliases for macvim in your bashrc.
For example:
vim='mvim -v'
alias vim="${vim}"
alias gvim="mvim"
export EDITOR="${vim} -g --remote-tab-silent"
export GIT_EDITOR="${vim} -g -f"
Note: I create the vim environment variable because I use it multiple
times...
Note: the terminal version of vim is also included with macvim. It's
newer than the vim that comes with OS X, and it includes support for
ruby and python plugins.
Note: `mvim` is added to /usr/local/bin by brew...
Darcy
On Mar 20, 12:07 pm, Cássio Marques <cassio...@gmail.com> wrote:
> - Download this file: LEGACY-OSX-10_6-MacVim-snapshot-62.tbz
> (https://github.com/downloads/b4winckler/macvim/LEGACY-OSX-10_6-MacVim...)
> - Extract it
> - Copy the MacVim file to your Applications folder
> - cp the mvim file to /usr/bin
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> That's it, works pretty well for me, also on Snow Leopard.
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> On Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Yvonne Watkins wrote:
> > I'm going to preface this post with: I'm not a complete idiot, just a PC
> > user trying to hop the fence to the mac world.
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> > I'm attempting to install MacVim on my Mac (Snow Leopard) I downloaded
> > alexloveltroy-macvim zip file, and then unzipped it, but could not find a
> > package file (*.pkg) within that file. (Normally, for my other mac apps, I
> > have been double clicking a pkg file and then dragging the program icon
> > into the application folder.)
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> > Then I tried down loading and untarring the .tar file. No .pkg file in that
> > build either.
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> > Then on one of the forums I read that I can just place the macvim.app file
> > in the path and update my path with this new file, and then I could be good
> > to go, but I can't find the macvim.app file either.
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> > Can someone please provide the exact location within the build where the
> > pkg file lives?
> > Or please provide more detailed instructions on how to install?
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> > Thanks,
> > n00b - Yvonne
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