On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:57:51AM -0500, John Culleton wrote: > The vim.org site offers all kinds of alternate ways to obtain and > install vim 7.3, requiriing software I never heard of before. On > Linux can I just:
You should search if precompiled binaries exist for you linux distribution first. > 1. Download the bz2 file. > 2. bunzip > 3. tar xvf You can combine the steps 2 and 3 with only tar xvf (if you're using an older version of tar, use tar xjvf) > 4. ./configure Worths reading './configure --help' first, there are many configurable options. If you want a featureful vim, ./configure --with-features=huge would be sufficient (also look for python/perl/netbeans options) > 5. make > 6. make install > ? Suposing you have all the dependencies, steps 5 and 6 will be straightforward (step 6 will need root permissions) > > -- > John Culleton > Create Book Covers with Scribus: > http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/4055.html > Typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com > book sales http://wexfordpress.net > Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/ > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 -- Ivan Sichmann Freitas Linux user #509059
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