Hi Michael,
I installed Vim on Linux Mint 22.1 (Xia) ...in Italy.
I had to download a few libraries, but I don't recall exactly what I did.
This is some info about my system, and the output of :ver
I hope it can help you in finding the missing libraries...
All the best, Antonio
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System:
Host: azc100-X580VN Kernel: 6.8.0-52-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.6 Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia
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:ver
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compilata Feb 4 2025 06:25:55)
Patch incluse: 1-1074
Compilato da azc100@azc100-X580VN
Versione gigante con GUI GTK3. Funzionalità incluse (+) o escluse (-):
+acl +file_in_path +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
+arabic +find_in_path +mouse_xterm -tcl
+autocmd +float +multi_byte +termguicolors
+autochdir +folding +multi_lang +terminal
-autoservername -footer -mzscheme +terminfo
+balloon_eval +fork() +netbeans_intg +termresponse
+balloon_eval_term +gettext +num64 +textobjects
+browse -hangul_input +packages +textprop
++builtin_terms +iconv +path_extra +timers
+byte_offset +insert_expand -perl +title
+channel +ipv6 +persistent_undo +toolbar
+cindent +job +popupwin +user_commands
+clientserver +jumplist +postscript +vartabs
+clipboard +keymap +printer +vertsplit
+cmdline_compl +lambda +profile +vim9script
+cmdline_hist +langmap -python +viminfo
+cmdline_info +libcall -python3 +virtualedit
+comments +linebreak +quickfix +visual
+conceal +lispindent +reltime +visualextra
+cryptv +listcmds +rightleft +vreplace
+cscope +localmap -ruby +wildignore
+cursorbind -lua +scrollbind +wildmenu
+cursorshape +menu +signs +windows
+dialog_con_gui +mksession +smartindent +writebackup
+diff +modify_fname -sodium +X11
+digraphs +mouse -sound +xattr
+dnd +mouseshape +spell -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse_dec +startuptime +xim
+emacs_tags -mouse_gpm +statusline -xpm
+eval -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop +xsmp_interact
+ex_extra +mouse_netterm +syntax +xterm_clipboard
+extra_search +mouse_sgr +tag_binary -xterm_save
-farsi -mouse_sysmouse -tag_old_static
file vimrc di sistema: "$VIM/vimrc"
file vimrc utente: "$HOME/.vimrc"
II file vimrc utente: "~/.vim/vimrc"
III file vimrc utente: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
file exrc utente: "$HOME/.exrc"
file gvimrc di sistema: "$VIM/gvimrc"
file gvimrc utente: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
II file gvimrc utente: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
III file gvimrc utente: "~/.config/vim/gvimrc"
file dei default: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
file menù di sistema: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
$VIM di riserva: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilazione: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK
-I/usr/include/gtk
-3.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2
-I/usr/include/l
ibpng16 -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/fribidi
-I/usr
/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0
-I/usr/includ
e/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include/webp -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0
-I/usr/include/
atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0
-I/usr/include/db
us-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -pthread -g -Wall
-Wextra -Wsh
adow -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunreachable-code -Wno-cast-function-type
-Wno-deprecat
ed-declarations -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Link: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lz
-lpangocairo
-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lharfbuzz -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo
-lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lg
io-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE
-lm -ltin
fo -lselinux
Premi INVIO o un comando per proseguire
Il giorno lun 3 feb 2025 alle ore 02:00 Michael Scheper <
vim-dev-git...@256bit.org> ha scritto:
> I'm trying to install gVim 9 on Mint 21.3 Cinnamon.
>
> configure complained about a missing library, and sudo apt install
> libncurses-dev made that go away. Then, after I complied it using make,
> vim worked great… but gvim was missing and vim -g said I compiled without
> the GUI option.
>
> Um, I'm fairly sure I actually did?
>
> ./configure --enable-fail-if-missing --enable-gui=gtk3 --enable-gtk3-check
> --enable-python3interp=yes --enable-terminal --enable-autoservername
>
> Turns out I got bitten by this bug
> <https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/15437>, and 'no GUI support' was
> buried in the configure output.
>
> Okay, so hopefully that bug will be fixed, but how do I get gVim compiled?
>
> My system definitely has GTK3:
>
> $ gtk-launch --version
> 3.24.33
>
> Are there other packages I need to install or special flags I need?
>
> Thanks!
>
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