Helps install vim on Linux without needing sudo (this will build and install vim and its dependency ncurses)

Get-Vim.ps1

param(
    # Version of ncurses to download
    [Parameter()]
    [string]
    $NCursesVersion = '6.1'
)

# Create the directory that we'll add to the path.
if (!(Test-Path ~/usr/local)) {
    New-Item ~/usr/local -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create the directory where we will store ncurses & vim source code
# and navigate to that location.
if (!(Test-Path ~/.vimtools)) {
    New-Item ~/.vimtools -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
}
Push-Location ~/.vimtools

# Grab ncurses needed to build vim and extract it.
$ncursesFolderName = "ncurses-$NCursesVersion"

# If we have ncurses already, we don't need to get it again.
if(!(Test-Path $ncursesFolderName)) {
    Write-Warning "ncurses not detected. Fetching and installing ncurses."
    $ncursesZipName = "$ncursesFolderName.tar.gz"
    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/$ncursesZipName" -OutFile $ncursesZipName
    tar -xzvf $ncursesZipName

    # Navigate into the ncurses directory and build the project.
    Push-Location $ncursesFolderName
    Write-Warning "Building ncurses..."
    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local
    make
    make install
    Pop-Location
} else {
    Write-Warning "ncurses already installed. Skipping."
}

# Clone the vim source code navigate into the source and build the project.
if (Test-Path vim) {
    Write-Warning "Vim source detected. Pulling instead of cloning."
    Push-Location vim
    git pull
    Pop-Location
} else {
    Write-Warning "Vim source not detected. Cloning vim..."
    git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
}

Push-Location vim/src
Write-Warning "Building Vim..."
$env:LDFLAGS = "-L$HOME/usr/local/lib"
./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local
make
make install
Pop-Location

Pop-Location

# update PATH so vim is exposed.
$env:PATH = "$HOME/usr/local/bin:$env:PATH"

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All done! 

You should add the following line to your profile so that the path win your newly built vim is available:

$env:PATH = "$HOME/usr/local/bin:$env:PATH"
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