Install vim from source on CentOS
To install vim from source on CentOS server, run
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yum -y install ncurses-devel cd /usr/local/src wget https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip cd vim-master/src/ ./configure make make install |
This will install latest version of vim. You can start it with command
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vim |
To get it work with “vi” command, i removed preinstalled vim editor with command
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rpm -e --nodeps vim-minimal |
Now create a symlink with
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ln -s /usr/local/bin/vim /bin/vi |