Install the Vim 8.0 and YouCompleteMe with Make on CentOS 7.3

2 min readMar 19, 2018

As a vimmer, I want to complete and install the Vim 7.4.1578+ at ~/.local , so that I can use the YouCompleteMe plugin on CentOS 7.3.

Install the Vim 8.0 with Make

Install the necessary package.

$ sudo yum install gcc-c++ ncurses-devel python-devel

2. Get the source code of Vim.

$ git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git

3. Go to build directory.

$ cd vim/src && git checkout v8.0.1522# Use the version like my MacVim.

4. Configure it !

$ ./configure \
  --disable-nls \
  --enable-cscope \
  --enable-gui=no \
  --enable-multibyte  \
  --enable-pythoninterp \
  --enable-rubyinterp \
  --prefix=/home/jonny/.local/vim \
  --with-features=huge  \
  --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config \
  --with-tlib=ncurses \
  --without-x

--prefix: For local user, not effect other users.
--with-python-config-dir: For support the YouCompleteMe plugin.
I remove --enable-perlinterp args, because it will build fail, and I don’t need write the perl script.

5. Compile and install the Vim.

$ make && make install

6. Add ~/.local/vim/bin/ into $PATH.

$ vim ~/.bashrc
...if [ -d "$HOME/.local/vim/bin/" ] ; then
  PATH="$HOME/.local/vim/bin/:$PATH"
fi

7. Reload the bashrc.

source ~/.bashrc

Install the YouCompleteMe plugin

Install the necessary package.

$ sudo yum install gcc-c++ cmake python-devel

2. Get the YouCompleteMe plugin.

$ mkdir ~/.vim/bundle && \
  git clone https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe.git \
  ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe

3. Compile and install the YouCompleteMe.

$ cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe && python ./install.py

Enjoy it.

By the way, I use the dein.vim to manage my vim plugins, you can see more detail at https://github.com/chusiang/vimrc .

Install the Vim 8.0 and YouCompleteMe with Make on CentOS 7.3

Install the Vim 8.0 with Make

Install the YouCompleteMe plugin

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Written by Chu-Siang Lai