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Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

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On 11/15/2018 10:14 AM, Shane Dev wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim
> 8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to
> download the latest source from vim.org and build it on my pc but then I
> would lose the benefits of apt package management. I could also add the
> testing repositories to my apt configuration files and install the vim from
> there. What is the recommended approach?
> 

Given that vim 8.1 is available in buster (1) you could use apt-pinning
(2) to download  it.

https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=buster&keywords=vim
https://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences

-- 
John Doe

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What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Shane Dev <devshane42@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 10:20 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-11-15 10:40 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-11-15 11:00 +0100
    Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:00 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 14:50 +0100
    Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Shane Dev <devshane42@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 15:20 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-11-15 15:30 +0100
        Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-15 15:40 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:20 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:20 +0100

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