On 11/15/2018 10:14 AM, Shane Dev wrote: > Hello, > > I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim > 8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to > download the latest source from vim.org and build it on my pc but then I > would lose the benefits of apt package management. I could also add the > testing repositories to my apt configuration files and install the vim from > there. What is the recommended approach? >
Given that vim 8.1 is available in buster (1) you could use apt-pinning (2) to download it. https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=buster&keywords=vim https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences -- John Doe