lfs-book-zh_CN/chapter06/vim-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Vim</title>

<para>
If you don't like vim to be installed as an editor on your LFS system,
you may want to download an alternative and install an editor you
prefer. 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>
You need to unpack both the vim-rt and vim-src packages 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 mattter
in which order you do it. Install Vim by running the following commands:
</para>

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	<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 you are planning on installing the X Window system on your LFS
system, you might want to re-compile Vim after you have 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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