1 | <sect1 id="ch06-vim">
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2 | <title>Installing Vim-&vim-version;</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="vim.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <screen>Estimated build time: &vim-time;
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6 | Estimated required disk space: &vim-compsize;</screen>
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7 |
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8 | <sect2>
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9 | <title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
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10 |
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11 | <para>If you prefer another editor -- like Emacs, Joe, or Nano -- to Vim,
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12 | have a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/postlfs/editors.html"/> for
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13 | suggested installation instructions.</para>
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14 |
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15 | </sect2>
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16 |
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17 | &aa-vim-shortdesc;
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18 | &aa-vim-desc;
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19 |
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20 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of Vim</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>First change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and
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26 | <filename>gvimrc</filename> files to <filename
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27 | class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h
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30 | echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput></screen>
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31 |
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32 | <para>Now prepare Vim for compilation:</para>
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33 |
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34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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35 |
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36 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <para>And install the package:</para>
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41 |
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42 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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43 |
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44 | <para>When called as <userinput>vi</userinput>, <userinput>vim</userinput>
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45 | will run in old-fashioned vi-mode. To allow this, create a symlink:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | <para>If you are going to install the X Window system on your LFS system, you
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50 | may want to re-compile Vim after having installed X. Vim comes with a nice GUI
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51 | version of the editor that requires X and a few other libraries to be
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52 | installed. For more information read the Vim documentation.</para>
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53 |
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54 | </sect2>
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55 |
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56 | &c6-cf-vim;
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57 |
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58 | </sect1>
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59 |
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