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How to install vim7.3 in my home directory for debian squeeze
$ sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev python-dev
$ cd ~/local/src
$ wget ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.3.tar.bz2
$ tar jxf vim-7.3.tar.bz2
$ mkdir vim73/patches
$ cd vim73/patches/
$ curl -O 'ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/7.3.[001-783]'']'
$ cd ../src/po
$ wget https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/src/po/nl.po
$ cd ../../
$ cat patches/7.3.* | patch -p0
$ ./configure \
--prefix=$HOME/local/vim73 \
--disable-darwin \
--enable-multibyte \
--disable-netbeans \
--enable-pythoninterp
$ make
$ make test
$ make install
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