vim

install vim-8.2 version with python2 and python3 supported on Ubuntu 18.04

you can run the command to check whether your vim is supported by python2 and python3

vim --version

if you can seek “+python2”, “+python3”, congratulations, you have already resolved the problem, and you can quit

1. use the command to remove the old vim without python2 or python3 supported

   sudo apt remove vim
   

2. click this web and download the source code of vim-8.2

3. use the command to install the dependency of vim (such as gcc, make, python2 and python3, et.)

   sudo apt install gcc make python-dev python3-dev libncurses5-dev
   

   you can use this command to examine whether one dependency was installed well

   gcc --version
   

   if there exist some information about gcc to be printed in the terminal, gcc was installed well

4. change the directory to “vim-master/src”, which is the source code you just downloaded, and run the command

   ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-python3interp=yes --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.6 --prefix='/usr/local/vim82/' 
   

–with-features=huge	maximum features supported
–enable-pythoninterp=yes	turn on the support of python2
–with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7	indicate the path of python2.7
-enable-python3interp=yes	turn on the support of python3
–with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.6	indicate the path of python3.6
–prefix=’/usr/local/vim82/’	indicate the path of vim

5. start Compilation

   make
   sudo make install
   

6. add the vim to the PATH (or make a soft link)

   sudo ln -s /usr/local/vim82/bin/vim /usr/bin
   

7. use these commands to check status of vim

   vim --version
   

   or

   vim
   :python3 import sys; print(sys.version)
   

   if you can see the version of your python3, congratulations, you are successful.