Pathogen

I have started using https://github.com/gmarik/vundle instead of Pathogen

Links

• The Modern Vim Config with Pathogen

• Synchronizing plugins with git submodules and pathogen

• What’s the best add-on manager?, probably worth checking out https://github.com/gmarik/vundle

Install

• Move your old ~/.vimrc file out of the way.

• Move your old ~/.vim folder out of the way.

• Create the following folder:

  mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload
  

• Change into the folder and download pathogen.vim:

  cd ~/.vim/autoload/
  wget http://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen/raw/master/autoload/pathogen.vim --no-check-certificate
  

• Add the following to the top of your ~/.vimrc file:

  " the pathogen plug-in must be the first in this file:
  call pathogen#helptags()
  call pathogen#runtime_append_all_bundles()
  

Configuration

• Create a folder for plug-in bundles:

  mkdir ~/.vim/bundle/
  

Plugin

To install a plug-in:

• Locate your plug-in and check out the source code into the bundle folder:

  cd ~/.vim/bundle/
  git clone git://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree.git