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Ported Applications
Currently one application has been ported as a test case.
Many more will follow later.
Vim
These are the steps for downloading and installing Vim with Aap, using the
default features:
- Obtain and install Aap. See the download
page.
- Create a new directory where you want to build Vim and change to that
directory
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Run Aap in the new directory:
aap -f http://www.a-a-p.org/vim/main.aap CVS=no
This will download the bootstrap recipe "main.aap" and execute it.
The bootstrap recipe will create the "vim" directory, download the required
files and build Vim. All in one go!
The above will build Vim from archives plus patches.
If you prefer to use CVS, use this command instead:
aap -f http://www.a-a-p.org/vim/main.aap
When switching between the two methods you need to
delete everything first, CVS doesn't mix with using the archives.
- To install Vim do:
aap install
First become "root" if needed.
If you prefer to install in your home directory do:
aap install PREFIX=$HOME
That's all. Whenever you want to obtain the latest version, run Aap again
in the directory you downloaded the bootstrap recipe into: aap update
There is one option for downloading: If you have the CVS program but want to
install Vim from archives and patches instead, run Aap with an extra
argument: aap CVS=no.
If you want to select different features for Vim, first do aap fetch
as above to obtain Vim, then edit the file vim/src/config.arg. Add any
configure arguments you like to use. Then run Aap without arguments, it will
automatically run configure.
Vim BSD port
This is a different approach: it uses a port recipe.
This only works on BSD systems (it was tested on FreeBSD).
- Obtain and install Aap. See the download
page.
- Download the port recipe:
http://www.a-a-p.org/ports/vim/main.aap.
Place it in a newly created directory, for example "~/ports/vim/".
- Go to the directory of the just downloaded "main.aap" recipe and run
Aap:
aap install CVS=no
This will download, build and install Vim.
You will be asked to enter the root password when Vim is about to be
installed.
You can leave out "CVS=no" if you want to obtain Vim through CVS.
The differences with the above port of Vim:
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The port recipe does not contain all the instructions to do the work, only
the essential information.
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Only the port recipe uses Aap, otherwise "make" is used.
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The downloaded archives and patches are verified with a checksum.
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Installing Vim is done with "pkg_add", which means the install will be
registered.
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To update to a newer version, use aap distclean and then aap
--fetch-recipe.
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