lfs-book/chapter06/vim-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Vim</title>

<para>
If a user doesn't like vim to be installed as an editor on the LFS system,
he may want to download an alternative and install an editor he 
prefers. There are a few hints how to install different editors
available at <ulink
url="http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/">
http://cvs.linuxfromscratch.org/index.cgi/hints/editors/</ulink>
</para>

<para>
Both the vim-rt and vim-src packages need to be unpacked to install Vim.
Both packages will unpack their files into the vim-5.7 directory. This
won't overwrite any files from the other package. So it doesn't matter
in which order it is done. Install Vim by running the following commands:
</para>

<blockquote><literallayout>
	<userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>cd /usr/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>ln -s vim vi</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>

<para>
If a user plans on installing the X Window system on his LFS
system, he might want to re-compile Vim after he has installed X. Vim
comes with a nice GUI version of the editor which requires X and a few
other libraries to be installed. For more information read the Vim
documentation.
</para>

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