On 29 Jan 2002, Andre Berger wrote: > Here's what I've done to compile Vim 6.0.152 for potato as .deb: > > - download tarball and patches from ftp.vim.org, untar and apply > the patches > - rename the directory to vim-6.0 and cd into it > - $ deb-make > (single binary) > - edit debian/rules, line 8 (here's mine, YMMV): > ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-cscope \ > --enable-multibyte --enable-fontset --enable-gui > (one line) > - $ dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot > > I hope this helps, even doesn't exactly answer your question. > At least you will get a .deb package to install... > > -Andre >
Thanks; working now with the vim-gtk package. as suggested by Goedson Teixeir. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
