vim7.4-centos6.6-python-2.7.3-support.sh

# Inspired by https://github.com/vinodpandey/blog/blob/master/vim7.3-centos-with-python-2.7.3-support.txt
# http://rm-rf.es/usrbinld-cannot-find-lpython2-6/

# Install neccessary packages for both Python installation and Vim compilation
# =============================================================================
sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo yum install openssl-devel zlib ncurses ncurses-devel bzip-devel python-devel
# Missing python-devel will lead to /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.6

# Configure and install Vim
# ==========================
mkdir -p ~/temp
cd ~/temp
wget ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.4.tar.bz2
tar jxvf vim-7.4.tar.bz2
cd vim74
./configure --enable-pythoninterp --with-features=huge --disable-selinux --enable-multibyte
# Attempting to compile with both py and py3 support resulted in +python/dyn +python3/dyn in vim --version, but :echo has("python") printed 0

make
sudo make install

# Test
# =====
vim --version
:echo has("python")
:python import sys; print(sys.version)