Other people mentioned the --prefix option and MacVim. I want to emphasize that you simply cannot install to /usr/share. All directories under /usr, except /usr/local, are protected by macOS. You cannot write to those directories, even as root.
On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 at 23:55, Mathoscope Éveilleur de Mathématiques < [email protected]> wrote: > thanks ; ok > it sounds simple ; > and yes i know [whereitis]. > juste a qustion : where do i have to cd before remaking the "make" > in /usr/share or in /usr/share/vim ? > > Le vendredi 30 octobre 2020 à 10:31:34 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit : > >> >> >> On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 5:06:01 AM UTC-4, Mathoscope Éveilleur de >> Mathématiques wrote: >>> >>> hi >>> on my mac os X.10.14.6, vim was initially installed (when ? i dont >>> remember) at /usr/share/vim/vim80 >>> yesterday i wanted to upgrade from 8.0 to 8.2 >>> i did this : >>> >>> $ git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git >>> $ cd vim/src >>> $ make >>> $ sudo make install >>> >>> but i had not noticed that i had cd in the wrong folder, somewhere on >>> my hard drive >>> so now i have a [whereitis]/vim folder containing ci, nsis, piwmaps, >>> runtime and several other folders and files >>> i have made vvim=[whereitis]/vim so to be able to use vim 8.2 by simply >>> typing $vvim but it is not satisfying of course >>> i would like to finish properly the installation but as i am a beginner, >>> i dont want to make errors >>> >>> what is the better way to move vim to the right place ? >>> >>> do i just have to do : >>> mv -f [whereitis]/vim /usr/share >>> ? >>> >>> thanks for your help >>> >>> Vincent >>> >> >> It sounds like you know [whereitis], why not just delete it and rerun >> make/make install in the proper directory? >> > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_mac" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/df421ec1-3423-47e7-a72d-eb5764aecda1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/df421ec1-3423-47e7-a72d-eb5764aecda1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Yongwei Wu URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/ -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/CADs46ifRtZH368WMUctdxxqvLYYXkyxHYr%3Dust0Bvao4zOJr4A%40mail.gmail.com.
