Download and Compile and Install latest Vim on Debian

README.md

How to use this gist to install Vim

% wget https://gist.github.com/lambdalisue/5911291/raw/install_vim_debian.sh -O - | bash

install_vim_debian.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Install required packages ..."
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev \
    libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev \
    libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev python-dev ruby-dev mercurial

echo "Remove installed vim ..."
sudo apt-get remove vim vim-runtime gvim vim-tiny vim-common vim-gui-common

hg clone https://code.google.com/p/vim/
cd vim
./configure --with-features=huge \
            --disable-darwin \
            --disable-selinux \
            --enable-luainterp \
            --enable-perlinterp \
            --enable-pythoninterp \
            --enable-python3interp \
            --enable-tclinterp \
            --enable-rubyinterp \
            --enable-cscope \
            --enable-multibyte \
            --enable-xim \
            --enable-fontset \
            --enable-gui=gnome2
make
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
sudo checkinstall

cat > ~/.local/share/application/gvim.desktop <<EOF
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GVim
Version=7.3
GenericName=Editor
Comment=Graphical version of Vim
Terminal=false
Icon=gvim
Type=Application
Exec=gvim %U
TryExec=gvim
Categories=Programming; System Utilities
EOF