1.Make sure which python gives the specific python you want to build vim with.
2.If possible, remove the origin python built in your system (/usr/bin/python) or go to 3
pacman -R python2 # you can use your own package manager
3.If you don’t remove the python packaged with your system, you may have libpython2.7.so in your /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib, which may bring troubles in the following installation. So mask them first
cd /usr/lib # or /usr/local/lib
sudo mv libpython2.7.so libpython2.7.so.back
sudo mv libpython2.7.so.1.0 libpython2.7.so.1.0.back
Download the Vim source, in arch
abs extra/vim
cp -r /var/extra/vim ~/abs/vim
Configure your vim installation with python support, e.g
./configure --prefix=/path/to/your/installdir/ \
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gpm \
--enable-acl \
--enable-multibyte \ # for UltiSnip and NERDTree
--enable-cscope \
--enable-perlinterp \
--enable-pythoninterp \
--with-python-config-dir=/usr/local/epd-7.3-2/lib/python2.7/config # this line could be omitted
--disable-selinux
Notice: During the configuration procedure of latest vim version, configure tries to find python2 instead of python, so make sure python2 link to your desired python program. Otherwise, vim will always use /usr/bin/python2 which links to the system’s default python.
Unmask your original pythonlib
sudo mv libpython2.7.so.back libpython2.7.so
sudo mv libpython2.7.so.1.0.back libpython2.7.so.1.0