Bash Script to Install Vim With Python Support

install-vim-with-python

#!/bin/bash

PY2_CONFIG_DIR=$(sudo find /usr/lib -type d -regex ".*python2.[0-9]/config[^/]*")
PY3_CONFIG_DIR=$(sudo find /usr/lib -type d -regex ".*python3.[0-9]/config[^/]*")

if ( [ -d "$PY2_CONFIG_DIR" ] || [ -d "$PY3_CONFIG_DIR" ] ) ; then
  py2_arg="--with-python-config-dir=$PY2_CONFIG_DIR"
  py3_arg="--with-python3-config-dir=$PY3_CONFIG_DIR"
fi

if ( [ ! -x "$(command -v vim)" ] || ! (( $( vim --version | grep -c "+python3") ))  ); then
# have to build from source for YouCompleteMe to work
VIM_DIR=$HOME/build/src/vim
mkdir -p $VIM_DIR
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim --depth=1 $VIM_DIR
cd $VIM_DIR

sudo ./configure \
            --enable-multibyte \
            --enable-fontset \
            --enable-xim \
            --enable-gui=auto \
            --enable-luainterp=yes \
            --enable-pythoninterp=yes \
            --enable-rubyinterp=yes \
            --enable-perlinterp \
            --enable-cscope \
            --enable-sniff \
            --with-x \
            --with-compiledby=erocpil \
            --with-features=huge \
            "$py2_arg" \
            "$py3_arg" \
            --enable-localmap \
            --enable-python3interp=yes \
            --enable-gtk-check \
            --enable-gui=gtk2 \
            --prefix=/usr/local

make -j8
sudo make install

In order for YouCompleteMe to work, you have to build vim from source and try to add python support, which is a huge pain.

This does it in just a single script.

Why do you use sudo to run ./configure? It should not be needed.