# remove current vim sudo apt-get remove --purge vim vim-runtime vim-gnome vim-tiny vim-gui-common # removes current link for vim sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim /usr/bin/vim # add ppa for newest version of ruby (currently, as of 06/06/2017, ruby v2.4) sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng sudo apt-get update # installs everything needed to make/configure/build Vim sudo apt-get -y install liblua5.1-dev luajit libluajit-5.1 python-dev python3-dev ruby-dev ruby2.5 ruby2.5-dev libperl-dev libncurses5-dev libatk1.0-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev #Optional: so vim can be uninstalled again via `dpkg -r vim` sudo apt-get -y install checkinstall # clones vim repository so we can build it from scratch cd ~ git clone https://github.com/vim/vim cd vim git pull && git fetch # In case Vim was already installed. This can throw an error if not installed, # it's the nromal behaviour. That's no need to worry about it cd src make distclean cd .. # update to use the correct python 2.7/3.x config path also change 'YOUR NAME' to # your real name ./configure \ --enable-multibyte \ --enable-perlinterp=dynamic \ --enable-rubyinterp=dynamic \ --with-ruby-command=/usr/bin/ruby \ --enable-pythoninterp=dynamic \ --with-python-config-dir=/usr/bin/python \ # or path to python3 --enable-python3interp \ --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/bin/python3 \ # or path to python3 --enable-luainterp \ --with-luajit \ --enable-cscope \ --enable-gui=auto \ --with-features=huge \ --with-x \ --enable-fontset \ --enable-largefile \ --disable-netbeans \ --with-compiledby="ERICK ROCHA " \ --enable-fail-if-missing # this this is the compilation step. It should also create the symlink of the binary # one /usr/bin folder make && sudo make install # To be able to access the new vim instaltion we need to refresh bash/zsh/fish exec bash # or exec zsh or exec fish