Link to latest stable

[hiqsol]

Is there a way to have a link to download the latest stable release? I want to have a script installing the latest version. Thanks!

[chrisbra]

That one should always work: https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/latest

[hiqsol]

Thank you! But that's a link to the download page, not the downloadable file.

I did some googling. Here is how to find the link:

curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/vim/vim-appimage/releases/latest" | jq -r 'first(.assets[].browser_download_url)'

And here is a shell function to install and run vim8 instantly:

vim8() {
    file="$HOME/bin/vim8"

    if [ ! -x $file ]; then
        url=`curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/vim/vim-appimage/releases/latest" | jq -r 'first(.assets[].browser_download_url)'`
        curl -L $url -o $file
        chmod a+x $file
    fi

    $file $@
}

[chrisbra]

ah yes sorry, did not know a fully automatable way. Good that you found a solution. 👍

[brammool]

That one should always work: https://github.com/vim/vim-appimage/releases/latest

Let me add that link to https://www.vim.org/download.php Should it say more about what it is?

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[chrisbra]

It's a way to distribute apps on linux independently of the distribution and can be used by normal users, without needing root permissions. This allows to run a pretty recent graphical gui (gtk2) with most features even if your distro does not provide newer packages. However I believe the language interfaces still need those libraries available.