I try to compile VIM with python interpreter enabled. Yet, I've got Ubuntu 20.04 (can not update easily) with Python 3.8 as system version. I need VIM with Python >3.9. I installed python3.10 and libpython3.10 to compile. I run this command to configure it: --prefix=/usr/local \ --with-features=huge \ . --with-x \ --enable-python3interp=yes \

Feb 23, 2017 · You need to compile Vim yourself or get a prebuilt Vim package that was compiled with Python support. If you're on a Debian based system, the easiest way is to download the vim-gnome or vim-gtk package from apt ( apt install vim-gtk for instance).

vim-enhanced on openSUSE is compiled with +python. vim-enhanced from the standard openSUSE repo crashed when trying :python print 'hello' in vim. The compiled version from the editors repo worked for me without crashing.

Dec 5, 2011 · I am trying to build vim with python support, but using a custom-built python somewhere in my $HOME directory (say $HOME/python2.6). Unfortunately, even giving --with-python-config-dir=$HOME/python2.6/lib/python2.6/config does not prevent vim configure to look into the python in /usr.

Jul 2, 2018 · You can see that python is checked for dynamically (even though I do not want that, but don't know how to change it). And when I try :echo has('python') or :echo has('python3'), both come back 0. I'm wondering how I can correctly install vim with python and what I'm doing wrong.

Aug 31, 2019 · I hadn’t compiled vim with python support, so I had to find out how! The configuration script output prints all the flags, their values, and the output when the checks required to enable their inclusion in the build were performed. The python related flags were --enable-pythoninterp and --enable-python3interp.

Apr 4, 2021 · We recommend installing Python 3. Additionally, the version of Python you install must match up exactly with the version of Python that Vim is looking for. Type :version and look at the bottom of the page at the list of compiler flags. Look for flags that look similar to -DDYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL="python36.dll".

Jul 2, 2021 · Clone or refresh Vim git repository. If you don't have already, you will need a compiler and some libraries. For trying to compile C "on Windows" I would probably just install Scoop (easiest i think), Cygwin or WSL and run as on Linux (using gcc/g++).

Jun 1, 2018 · This should output your current version of Python. If you get an error, then you don’t have Python support and you either need to reinstall or recompile if you’re building from source. With VIM installed, let’s look at how to customize VIM for Python development. VIM Extensions. VIM can do a lot of what developers need right out of the box.

Nov 17, 2013 · When compiling VIM with specific version of Python support while there is different default version of Python on your system it's important to note following caveats: Remove src/auto/config.cache file if you've executed ./configure before without passing the - …