Install latest Vim with Python 2.7 on CentOS 6.6

install-vim.md

Note: this requires Python 2.7 (python27-devel) to be installed from your favourite repo (e.g., IUS).

Remove existing vim package, if any:

yum remove -y vim-enhanced

Get latest Vim repo:

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

Install:

cd /tmp/vim/src/

LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib/python2.7/config $(python2.7-config --ldflags)" \
vi_cv_path_python=/usr/local/bin/python2.7 \
vi_cv_var_python_pfx=$(python2.7 -c "import sys; print(sys.prefix)") \
vi_cv_var_python_version=$(python2.7 -c "import sys; print(sys.version[:3])") \
vi_cv_path_python_conf=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/config \
./configure \
  --prefix=/usr \
  --enable-fail-if-missing \
  --with-features=huge \
  --enable-pythoninterp \
  CFLAGS="$(/usr/local/bin/python2.7-config --includes)"

make
make install