On 2007-03-09, lin q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I downloaded the vim 7.0 package to my RedHat Enterprise 3 machine. > I do not have administrator previlidge, so I setup the env like this: > > export DESTDIR=<my_dir> > export prefix=<my_dir> > > Then I run > make > make install > > But when I run vim, <my_dir>/usr/local/bin/vim, I get this error: > > Error detected while processing /home/linq/.vimrc: > line 10: > E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > Line 10 of my vimrc is: syntax on > > I am wondering why it still goes to /usr/local to look for data > files. Is there a way I can control this?
I've never built vim using environment variables; I always use options to configure. However, from my experience building vim on systems for which I do not have administrator privileges, and from reading the output of "./configure --help", I believe that export prefix=<my_dir> is incorrect and should instead be export PREFIX=<my_dir> Also, since you want DESTDIR to be set to the same directory as PREFIX, I think that export DESTDIR=<my_dir> is unnecessary. So I would suggest executing the following: export PREFIX=<my_dir> make reconfig make make install Tony Mechelynck has some tips on using this technique to build vim on his web page, http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm. For what it's worth, I build it this way: cd vim70 ./configure --prefix=<my_dir> make make install > By the way, in throwing the above error message, VIM starts, but it > is not GUI mode even though I have -g in the command, is that because > of the above problem? I don't think so. It may be a configuration problem, though. Execute vim --version and verify that you're running the version that you just built (the first line has the compile time and date) and that it contains the features you want, such as graphics. The vim I built on Red Hat Linux 9 has on the third line: Normal version with X11-Motif GUI. HTH, Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mobile Broadband Division | Spokane, Washington, USA