lfs-book/chapter06/vim.xml

<sect1 id="ch06-vim">
<title>Installing Vim-&vim-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="vim.html" dir="chapter06"?>

<screen>Estimated build time:           &vim-time;
Estimated required disk space:  &vim-compsize;</screen>

<sect2>
<title>Alternatives to Vim</title>

<para>If you prefer another editor -- like Emacs, Joe, or Nano -- to Vim,
have a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/postlfs/editors.html"/> for
suggested installation instructions.</para>

</sect2>

&aa-vim-shortdesc;
&aa-vim-desc;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Vim</title>

<para>First change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and
<filename>gvimrc</filename> files to <filename
class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>

<screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h
echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' &gt;&gt; src/feature.h</userinput></screen>

<para>Now prepare Vim for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>And install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

<para>When called as <userinput>vi</userinput>, <userinput>vim</userinput>
will run in old-fashioned vi-mode. To allow this, create a symlink:</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>

<para>If you are going to install the X Window system on your LFS system, you
may want to re-compile Vim after having installed X. Vim comes with a nice GUI
version of the editor that requires X and a few other libraries to be
installed. For more information read the Vim documentation.</para>

</sect2>

&c6-cf-vim;

</sect1>