On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:33:20PM +0100, Mr.SpOOn wrote: > > > Hi, > I'd like to compile Vim on a fresh installed Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. > > Last time I compiled Vim I followed this guide: > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm > I think someone here in the list pointed me to that link. > > I have just some question: > 1) is there anything I should do to compile Vim on a 64 bit system? > 2) how do I know which ones are the new patches? For the 7.2 version > there are about 300 files and I'm not sure if I shall download them > all or just the most recent ones. Or is there any script to automate > this process? > 3) how may I know all the available options to compile Vim with? In > that guide there are configuration options to compile it with the > Python interface etc. I'd like UTF8 support and maybe some other > things. > > I think it's all for now. > > Thanks, > Carlo
Hi Carlo, Is there any particular reason you want to compile and not install a package from one of the Ubuntu repositories? You'd be better off installing a package or using apt to compile a package. As you say, there are numerous patches which apt will fetch for you. Otherwise, you can probably fetch them all via ftp using a client that supports wildcards e.g lftp the instructions for building vim will be in a file called README or INSTALLING when you unpack the tarball. One of them will tell you which installation options there are. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
