lfs/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
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<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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<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>
<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>
<para>Prepare Vim to be compiled:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Finish installing the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Vim can run in old-fashioned <emphasis>vi</emphasis> mode by
creating a symlink, which may be created with the following command:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen></para>
<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>
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