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Questions tagged [installing]

Questions about the installation procedure of Vim and potential errors encountered in the process.

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How to enable +python feature in vim

I want to install a vim plugin, this plugin needs a +python feature, so when I open vim and type :version it displays -python. How can I make it enable?. Thanks.
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Where is my vim installed?

My vim was installed on debian8 with the apt-get command. apt-get install vim $ find / -name 'autoload' /usr/share/vim/vim74/autoload $ find / -name '.vim' The above command can find nothing. $ ls /etc/vim vimrc vimrc.tiny Is my vim installed…
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Vim 8 built locally with custom prefix -- doesn't find tutor right off the bat

I tried to install vim from source. I do not have sudo rights. So, i cloned the last revision from github, and configured as follows: ./configure \ --with-features=huge \ --enable-multibyte …
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infinite loop when compiling vim from source code

I use two servers, both using redhat, and I need to most of work on server, not on my PC. My sysadmin did not update vim for a very long time, like, system's default vim version is 6.x, which is really horrible. Since I cannot get sudo privilege, I…
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How do you install 64-bit version of vim 8.2 from gvim82.exe?

The download page clearly states that the gvim82.exe installer has an option to choose which version of vim to install, a 32- or a 64-bit. I cannot find this option. The installed vim is 32-bit, while I need a 64-bit. What am I doing wrong?
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How can I fix my dependencies installing vim

I had vim working for a while and uninstalled it for no good reason. To reinstall it I gave the following commands: sudo apt-get update I get warnings that the respository deadsnakes/ppa and pycharm/ubuntu are not secure, but nothing that seems…
Anna Naden
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:GhostInstall does not work

Note: I am fairly new to NeoVim. So far I have installed plugins by simply unzipping the plug-in master folder into the directory /usr/share/nvim/runtime/plugin. In case there is no master folder I just move the pluginname.vim file to this…
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How do I enable profile in vim?

I learned about using :profile here, so I just tried to install vim with profiling enabled. I tried this: ./configure --prefix=/home/username --with-features=profile But in the output from configure I got the message Sorry, profile is not…
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Error when building Vim from source: 'cannot find -lieee'

I'm building VIM from tag 8.0.0022 with this conf: ./configure --with-features=huge \ --enable-pythoninterp \ --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config \ --with-features=huge \ --enable-perlinterp \ --enable-luainterp \ --enable-tclinterp…
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Install vim from source fails

Download vim using git git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git Cloning into 'vim'... remote: Enumerating objects: 135556, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (370/370), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (182/182), done. remote: Total 135556…
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Why doesn't Vim recognize that I have Python installed?

I'm on the latest version of Arch Linux. The version of Vim from the Arch repos doesn't have python support, so I downloaded the source code and built it from that. I have checked, and Python support is enabled. I have Python installed on my system.…
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what is the installation size of vim?

How much space does vim take up in for example Ubuntu 18.04.1? I'm not sure how to check, I don't want to apt purge and then install again
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Which compile flag enables “balloonexpr”?

When loading a session file from another machine I get errors of the form E518: Unknown option: balloonexpr= Which is one of the more obscure features of Vim that I don’t seem to have compiled in. However, grepping the output of Vim’s configure…
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