Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:09 AM, David Fishburn <dfishburn.vim@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a script which builds Vim for me.
>
> Right now, it is only installing console Vim and not the GUI.
>
> uname -a
> Linux ubuntu-virtualbox 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29
> 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> It is a VM, I am not even certain what my Window manager is.
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu-virtualbox:/opt/vim$ wmctrl -m
> Name: Compiz
> Class: N/A
> PID: N/A
> Window manager's "showing the desktop" mode: ON
>
>
> I assume configure failed for some reason, just looking for a heads up on
> how to check.
>
> Thanks,
> David

I assume that you can get the latest sources with no problem.

For the rest of "building (g)vim", have a look at my HowTo page for
Linux, http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm

I suspect that you lack one or more "development" packages needed to
compile the Vim GUI.

Myself, I am on openSUSE, but I have been told that on Debian-like
distributions, including Ubuntu, the command "su apt-get build-dep
vim-gui" or similar (replacing the last word, here vim-gui, by the
name of the precompiled gvim package offered by your distribution)
gives good results.


Best regards,
Tony.

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