How to install Vim on XSERVER

#xserver #vim

XSERVER is one of the most popular hosting service in Japan.

It is possible to connect to the server via ssh, but Vim is not installed.

I often work with Vim on the server, so I installed Vim using the following steps:

Step1: Install ncurses

mkdir ~/opt && cd $_
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz
tar zxfv ncurses-6.1.tar.gz
cd ncurses-6.1
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install

Step2: Install Vim

cd ~/opt
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim
./configure --with-features=huge --enable-fail-if-missing --prefix=$HOME/local --with-local-dir=$HOME/local
make
make install

Step3: Setting environment

vi ~/.bashrc

# Add alias to .bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/local/bin
alias vi='vim'

Reload .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

Now you can use the vim command.

Have a great day👍

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