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Tom
Asked: 2012-05-07 08:50:06 +0800 CST

How do I compile the latest gvim from source

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I have found that I need to compile the lastest gvim due to a bug I have reported, but how do I proceed?

vim gvim

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  1. Best Answer

    Run the following commands in the terminal.

    sudo apt-get build-dep vim-gnome

    to get all the build dependencies you need. Then

    sudo apt-get install mercurial

    to get the Mercurial version control system needed to download the latest Vim source code. Then

    hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim

    to download the Vim source code to the subdirectory vim of the current directory.

    cd vim/src

    to change to the right directory

    Now let's configure Vim for compilation (with "huge" features - see http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/vimfeat.html for a description of the different feature sets)

    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-features=huge

    If ./configure finished without any problems, then run

    make

    and then

    sudo make install

    and that should be it.

    To update Vim to the latest version, just go into the vim directory and run

    hg pull
hg update

    and then re-run configure, make and make install.

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