Build

Linux

Build

• Dependencies (Building Vim)

  sudo apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev
  sudo apt-get install libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev
  sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev
  

  Note: To see a list of dependencies which Ubuntu thinks are required for vim, run apt-get build-dep vim.

• Configure

  cd ~/repo/src
  hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim
  cd ~/repo/src/vim/src/
  
  rm auto/config.cache
  make distclean
  ./configure --enable-pythoninterp --enable-gui=gnome2 --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte
  

  Check the output from the configure command. Near the beginning of the output is the following section:

  checking for python... /usr/bin/python
  checking Python version... 2.7
  checking Python is 1.4 or better... yep
  checking Python's install prefix... /usr
  checking Python's execution prefix... /usr
  checking Python's configuration directory... /usr/lib/python2.7/config
  

  Note: Make sure that the configuration directory is found.

  A bit further down you can find the GUI support section:

  checking --enable-gui argument... GNOME 2.x GUI support
  

  Note: Make sure that you have GUI support.

  make
  

• Run

  Note: Before vim will run correctly, we must do a make install.

  http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_90.html

  If you want to install in your home directory, edit the ``Makefile`` and
  search for the line:
  
  #prefix = $(HOME)
  
  Remove the # at the start of the line.
  
  To install Vim do:
  
  make install
  
  That should move all the relevant files to the right place.  Now you can try
  running vim to verify that it works.  Use two simple tests to check if Vim can
  find its runtime files:
  
  :help
  :syntax enable
  
  If this doesn't work, use this command to check where Vim is looking for the
  runtime files:
  
  :echo $VIMRUNTIME
  
  You can also start Vim with the "-V" argument to see what happens during
  startup:
  
  vim -V
  

  cd ~/repo/src/vim/src/
  ./vim
  ./vim -g
  

Configuration

Config

python Support

To check if your version of vim supports python run the version command… See Config, version.

To download a version of vim which includes support for python, download the Windows Vim installers without Cream. (I found this link on the Cream download page).