8.86. Vim-9.1.1202

8.86.1. Installation of Vim

Create the PKGBUILD for the Vim package with the following commands:

mkdir /sources/vim
cd /sources/vim
cat > PKGBUILD << "REALEOF"
# Maintainer: Linux From Scratch <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org>

pkgname="vim"
pkgver="9.1.1202"
pkgrel="1"
pkgdesc="The Vim package contains a powerful text editor."
arch=('x86'
      'x86_64')
url="https://www.vim.org"
license=('VIM')
groups=('core')
depends=('acl'
         'attr'
         'glibc'
         'python'
         'ncurses'
         'tcl'
         'rootfs')
makedepends=('bash'
             'binutils'
             'coreutils'
             'diffutils'
             'gcc'
             'grep'
             'make'
             'sed')
optdepends=('xorg'
            'gtk+2'
            'lesstif'
            'ruby'
            'gpm')
backup=('etc/vimrc')
source=('https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/v9.1.1202/vim-9.1.1202.tar.gz')
md5sums=('97d30bee45129ac75b95dd0ade5c10e0')

prepare(){
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"

  # Change the default location of the vimrc configuration file to /etc
  echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h
}

build(){
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make
}

check(){
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  # The test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the screen. This can cause
  # issues with the settings of the current terminal (especially while we are
  # overriding the TERM variable to satisfy some assumptions of the test suite).
  # The problem can be avoided by redirecting the output to a log file as shown
  # below. A successful test will result in the words ALL DONE in the log file
  # at completion.
  # The tests are also known to have timing issues if run in parrallel
  LANG=en_US.UTF-8 make -j1 test &> vim-test.log || true
  grep "ALL DONE" vim-test.log > /dev/null 2>&1 || false
}

package(){
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install

  # Create a vi compatibility link and man pages
  ln -sv vim "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/vi"
  for L in "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/man/{,*/}man1/vim.1; do
      ln -sv vim.1 $(dirname $L)/vi.1
  done

  # By default, vim installs documentation in /usr/share/vim
  install -vdm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc"
  ln -sv ../vim/vim82/doc "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"

  # Create a default vimrc
  # Note: this will be updated manually immediately after the build
  install -vdm755 "${pkgdir}/etc"
  cat > "${pkgdir}/etc/vimrc" << "EOF"
" Begin /etc/vimrc

" Ensure defaults are set before customizing settings, not after
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
let skip_defaults_vim=1

set nocompatible
set backspace=2
set mouse=
syntax on
if (&term == "xterm") || (&term == "putty")
  set background=dark
endif

" End /etc/vimrc
EOF
}
REALEOF

Prepare the build directory for the pacman user and build the package:

chown -R root:pacman .
chmod 2775 .
chmod 664 PKGBUILD
su pacman -c 'makepkg -L --nodeps'

Add the newly created package to the central package repository:

cp vim-9.1.1202-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz \
   /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/
repo-add /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/LFS.db.tar.xz \
         /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/vim-9.1.1202-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz

Update the local cache and install the Vim package:

pacman -Syu
pacman -S vim --overwrite \* -dd --noconfirm

Finally, copy the source files into the source repository and clean up the build directory:

mkdir /srv/pacman/source/LFS/vim
cp PKGBUILD /srv/pacman/source/LFS/vim
cd /sources
rm -rf vim

If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page in the BLFS book at https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/vim.html.

vim -c ':options'

set spelllang=en,ru
set spell