Re: [vim/vim] Vim requires libwayland-client.so.0 to be installed, even on a server (Issue #17633)

Foxe Chen (Vim Github Repository) <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:08:48 -0700
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64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#17633)

> > Please give exact reproduction steps when building vim from master. `make --without wayland` is not the correct way to build Vim.
> 
> I'm having trouble finding the correct way to build vim. I think I'm supposed to use `configure` to set build options but Vim is still building the wayland version.
> 
> From the root dir `vim/` I run `./configure --without-wayland` and then I run `make` and trying to copy and paste within vim still pastes a wayland not found error.
> 
> I can't find any clear documentation on this and I'm not sure where I'm supposed to go to find this information. `src/INSTALL` does not have examples of shell commands to build a configured vim with manually set flags in the `configure` shell program. Sorry if there is an answer for this in the docs, I just can't find it.

If you want to build without wayland support:
```sh
cd src
./configure --without-wayland
make
```

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