Install Vim 8 with Python, Python 3 support on Ubuntu 16.04

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sudo apt-get remove --purge vim vim-runtime vim-gnome vim-tiny vim-gui-common

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake
sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev

#Optional: so vim can be uninstalled again via `dpkg -r vim`
sudo apt-get install checkinstall

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim /usr/bin/vim

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim
cd vim
git pull && git fetch

#In case Vim was already installed
cd src
make distclean
cd ..

./configure \
--enable-multibyte \
--enable-perlinterp=dynamic \
--enable-pythoninterp=dynamic \
--with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu \
--enable-python3interp \
--with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu \
--enable-cscope \
--enable-gui=auto \
--with-features=huge \
--with-x \
--enable-fontset \
--enable-largefile \
--disable-netbeans \
--with-compiledby="nohope" \
--enable-fail-if-missing \
--prefix=/usr

make && sudo make install