I want to install vim
on my FreeBSD machine, and this other site suggests installing from FreeBSD ports like this:
# cd /usr/ports/editors/vim-lite/
# make install clean
This is all great, and I intend to install from the FreeBSD ports. However, I notice that there is also this other directory on my machine:
/usr/ports/editors/vim/
What is the difference between vim
and vim-lite
? And why would I want one versus the other? Obviously, vim-lite
is "lighter"; but what am I sacrificing to have a lighter version?
Best Answer
/usr/ports/editors/vim-lite/Makefile
sets a variable (LITE=yes) and then includes/usr/ports/editors/vim/Makefile
which does the following if LITE is set: