Mercurial > vim
changeset 23796:4284b0a2b901 v8.2.2439
patch 8.2.2439: not easy to figure out what packages to get
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3d2bb8b6f152c0c5056f49bccb350683a9ba2e13
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Sun Jan 31 16:45:53 2021 +0100
patch 8.2.2439: not easy to figure out what packages to get
Problem: Not easy to figure out what packages to get when installing Vim on
a new Ubuntu system.
Solution: Mention explicit commands that are easy to follow.
| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:00:04 +0100 |
| parents | 889b287833fb |
| children | 0bb52c7dc13f |
| files | src/INSTALL src/version.c |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/INSTALL +++ b/src/INSTALL @@ -39,13 +39,53 @@ version of Vim that is small and starts to disable the GUI and X11. If you don't have GUI libraries and/or X11, these features will be disabled automatically. +To built Vim on Ubuntu from scratch on a clean system using git: + Install tools required to be able to get and build Vim: + % sudo apt install git + % sudo apt install make + % sudo apt install clang + + Build Vim with default features: + % git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git + % cd vim/src + % make + + Run tests to check there are no problems: + % make test + + Install Vim in /usr/local: + % sudo make install + + Add X windows clipboard support (also needed for GUI): + % sudo apt install libxt-dev + % make reconfig + + Add GUI support (ignore compiler warnings): + % sudo apt install libgtk2.0-dev + % make reconfig + + Add Python 3 support: + % sudo apt install libpython3-dev + Uncomment this line in Makefile: + "CONF_OPT_PYTHON3 = --enable-python3interp" + % make reconfig + + Debugging: + % sudo apt install valgrind + Uncomment this line in Makefile: + CFLAGS = -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunreachable-code -Wno-deprecated-declarations -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 + % make reconfig + % make test_{test-name} + See output in testdir/valgrind.test_{test-name} + + See the start of Makefile for more detailed instructions about how to compile Vim. If you need extra compiler and/or linker arguments, set $CFLAGS and/or $LIBS before starting configure. Example: - env CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LIBS=-lm make + env CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LIBS=-lm make This is only needed for things that configure doesn't offer a specific argument for or figures out by itself. First try running configure without extra