Matthew Wozniski wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 05:33:25PM -0800, MrTomer wrote: >> can someone provide steps that can be followed if i want to start >> building VIM on my machine? I have gutsy ubuntu. >> please provide more than just: >> >> apt-get source vim >> apt-get source vim-dev >> >> because that fails the configure! i would like instructions, after >> which you can go >> >> ./configure >> ./make >> >> and have the thing running.... >> or is that too much to ask? not sure... > > As posted by me 2 days ago, with one minor correction: > > On an Ubuntu system, or any Debian-based system, it's very easy. > > # Install all required development packages/build dependencies: > $ sudo apt-get build-dep vim-full > > # Change to some directory we don't mind mucking up: > $ cd /tmp > > # Download the vim source: > $ apt-get source vim-full > > # Move to the patches directory > $ cd vim-7.1/upstream/patches > > # Get the latest patches > $ python get_patches.py > > # Move to the toplevel directory containing the debian subdirectory > $ cd ../.. > > # The system I was on already had these packages, but I don't think they get > # pulled in automatically by the apt-get build-dep, so you might need this: > $ sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot > > # Then, actually build with > $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b > > # That command will take a while and will pop out one .deb for each variant. > Then, you can just > $ sudo dpkg -i /tmp/vim-full_7.1*.deb > > Obviously replacing vim-full with whatever your preferred variant is. > > Also, this doesn't belong on vim-dev, it belongs on vim-use. vim-dev is for > submitting and discussing bug reports and patches. I'm setting the reply-to > address accordingly. > > ~Matt
You didn't, or Google Groups overrode you, but that doesn't matter. Vim-dev is also for questions about configuring and compiling Vim. These questions definitely belong here. As I said a couple of days ago, see also http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm for a step-by-step tutorial about building Vim from the official sources (not any "debian" or "ubuntu" sources which might be less than up-to-date or contain patches not sactioned by Bram) on any Unix-like system. Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 117. You are more comfortable typing in html. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
