How do I install Vim as a non-root user?
In a nutshell, you can't.
But what you can do is download Vim, configure, make,
and once you have compiled Vim do the following steps:
- Move the directory src/vim to a directory in the PATH,
so you can simply type vim to run it.
- Move the runtime directory somewhere, let's call it
DIR
- Set $VIM=DIR/runtime
- Set $VIMRUNTIME=DIR/runtime
Last updated on 2006-02-19 14:00:00 -0800, by Shalom Craimer
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