Vim7 on Ubuntu/Kubuntu

[marc]

3david said...
> 
> Dear god people,
> 
> the guy just wanted to know if and how he can install Vim7 on ubuntu.
>
> Vim7 has major improvments over Vim6, and it should be easier to
> install it on ubuntu then it currently is.

vim7 is a superb improvement.
 
> I wrote an installation guide for ubuntu, I have a section about
> installing vim7, you need to compile it from source, but it's really
> simple, and u create your own .deb package.
> 
> See http://tinyurl.com/kybu5

There's a complete set of backports at:

  http://mirror.ubuntulinux.nl

That's what I'm using.

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Best,
Marc