Re: upgrading vim on linux
You can try the scriptvim7-install.sh (attached) which downloads, builds and installs latest vim7 in one command without arguments. Description and download link ia at: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1473 Invocation: sh ./vim7-install.sh Or save the script directly from this link: http://ilerner.3b1.org/vim7-install.sh Attached. Yakov --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- vim7-install.sh Description: Bourne shell script
upgrading vim on linux
I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim for linux but am somewhat confused by the site there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea what a bz2 file is and the site doesn't explain it (that I can find...). so I tried to use vim-6.4-src1.tar.gz and vim-6.4-src2.tar.gz and untar'ed them. according to the site you need to type make install and everything will work (assuming a c compiler and such...) but unfortunately, I couldn't find a makefile Not sure why this couldn't be setup to be as easy as installing gvim for my windows box... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: upgrading vim on linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim for linux but am somewhat confused by the site there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea what a bz2 file is and the site doesn't explain it (that I can find...). so I tried to use vim-6.4-src1.tar.gz and vim-6.4-src2.tar.gz and untar'ed them. according to the site you need to type make install and everything will work (assuming a c compiler and such...) but unfortunately, I couldn't find a makefile Not sure why this couldn't be setup to be as easy as installing gvim for my windows box... bunzip2 vim-7.1.tar.bz2 tar -xf vim-7.1.tar cd vim71 configure make make install Regards, Chip Campbell --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: upgrading vim on linux
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Charles E Campbell Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to have a problem where I want to upgrade my version of gvim for linux but am somewhat confused by the site there seems to be a vim-7.1.tar.bz2 but I have no idea what a bz2 file is and the site doesn't explain it (that I can find...). so I tried to use vim-6.4-src1.tar.gz and vim-6.4-src2.tar.gz and untar'ed them. according to the site you need to type make install and everything will work (assuming a c compiler and such...) but unfortunately, I couldn't find a makefile Not sure why this couldn't be setup to be as easy as installing gvim for my windows box... bunzip2 vim-7.1.tar.bz2 tar -xf vim-7.1.tar cd vim71 configure make make install I find the method using aap much simpler: http://www.a-a-p.org/ports.html It downloads all patches automatically. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: upgrading vim on linux
Tony Mechelynck wrote: snip This configure step also has advantages: you could say that it has the qualities of its defaults: it allows (almost) common treatment for not only various Linux distributions but also Unix and Unix-like systems which have nothing to do with Linux, such as BeOS, FreeBSD, even Mac-OS-X and VAX/VMS. The differences between all these only approximately similar systems...snip Hello, Tony! Good explanation -- but (you knew that was coming!) vax/vms is pretty unlike unix. It falls into the totally dissimilar category (ie. not unix-like). For example, paths: [this.is.a.path]filename.ext ~ /this/is/a/path/filename.ext . The Amiga is another dissimilar o/s, but I'd say its more similar to unix that vax/vms is. Anyway, to continue with Tony's point: the build compile process is sufficiently flexible to handle totally dissimilar-to-unix operating systems such as AmigaDos and Vax/Vms. Regards, Chip Campbell --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: upgrading vim on linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tuesday, 4. March 2008: Not sure why this couldn't be setup to be as easy as installing gvim for my windows box... What Linux distribution do you use? Isn't there an up-to-date version of Vim available within your package manager? That's the normal way for end-users to install software and this is by far easier and more comfortable than installing software on Windows. Markus --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
