lfs/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-dep;

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

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

<para>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>Vim can run in old-fashioned <emphasis>vi</emphasis> mode by
creating a symlink, which may be created with the following command:</para>

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

<para>If you plan to install 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>

</sect2>

</sect1>