Compiling Vim 8.0 - Mac OS X Sierra
I know Homebrew but I hate those tools which pollute my system. This is mine. I want to pollute it myself !
1. Compile gettext
I want gettext but if you don't care about, you can safely skip this step and directly go to 2.
% cd && mkdir -p src/tarball && cd src % curl http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.tar.gz -o tarball/!#:^:t % tar xvzf !$ % cd !$:t:r:r % ./configure % make % sudo make install % sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/doc/gettext/examples/
You can close the dialog box about Java.
2. Compile lua
I need lua support to test neocomplete but, as for 1., if you don't care about, you can safely skip this step and directly go to 3.
% cd && mkdir -p src/tarball && cd src % curl http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.3.tar.gz -o tarball/!#:^:t % tar xvzf !$ % cd !$:t:r:r % make macosx test % sudo make install
3. Compile Vim
% cd && mkdir -p src/tarball && cd src
a) Copy and paste the text below in a file inside the
src directory and name it: configuration_vim8export CONF_OPT_X="--without-x" export CONF_OPT_GUI="--disable-gui" export CONF_OPT_PYTHON="--enable-pythoninterp" export CONF_OPT_RUBY="--enable-rubyinterp" export CONF_OPT_CSCOPE="--enable-cscope" export CONF_OPT_MULTIBYTE="--enable-multibyte" export CONF_OPT_FEAT="--with-features=huge" export CONF_OPT_FAIL="--enable-fail-if-missing" export CPPFLAGS="-isystem /usr/local/include" export CONF_OPT_COMPBY="--with-compiledby='your name <your email>'" export CONF_OPT_LUA="--enable-luainterp" export CONF_OPT_LUA_PREFIX="--with-lua-prefix=/usr/local"
If you skipped the lua compilation (2.), you should remove CONF_OPT_LUA and CONF_OPT_LUA_PREFIX from the configuration file (or copy without the last 2 lines).
Anyway, you should modify the CONF_OPT_COMPBY option to put your name and email.
b) Copy and paste the text below in a file inside the
src directory and name it: apply_patches_vim80PATCHES=../vim80-patches/*; for f in $PATCHES; do echo "Applying patch $f"; patch -p0 < $f; done
c) Get the vim 8.0 sources:
% curl ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-8.0.tar.bz2 -o tarball/!#:^:t % bzip2 -dc !$ | tar xvf -
d) Get the patches for vim 8.0:
The vim sources in the tarball are already patched until .0069 version so we only get patches we are interested in.
% mkdir vim80-patches && cd !#:^ % ftp ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/8.0/ ftp> prompt ftp> mget *.007* ftp> mget *.008* ftp> quit
At the date of writing this article, patch 8.0.0083 is the last.
e) Apply the patches:
% cd ../vim80 % sh ../apply_patches_vim80
f) Set up the environment variables for the compilation:
% source ../configuration_vim8 % env | grep -E 'CONF|CPPFLAGS'
The above command should show you the environment variables fixed by the configuration_vim8 file. If this is not the case, then we are in trouble. Ensure you have not mistyped something in the configuration file.
g) Compile vim:
% cd src % make distclean % make
At this stage, you can use the produced binary to see if vim is correctly build with your options:
% ./vim --version
You should see +ruby, +pyhton, +gettext and +lua (for the last two, only if you followed the steps 1. and 2.)
h) If all is fine, you can install vim:
% sudo make install
4. Make the new vim accessible
Create a link for vi
% cd /usr/local/bin % sudo ln -s ./vim vi
Modify your ~./bashrc
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
Source your .bashrc
% . ~/.bashrcDone.
