Download, configure, make (compile) and install VIM from source

dl-config-make-install-vim.sh

#!/bin/bash

PYTHON_VERSION=2.7

# Dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mercurial python$PYTHON_VERSION-dev libperl-dev ruby-dev libncurses5-dev

# Clone vim repo; this takes some time
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/vim/

cd vim

# Configure VIM
# See what 'huge' includes:
# http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/vimfeat.html
./configure \
  --with-features=huge \
  --enable-perlinterp \
  --enable-rubyinterp \
  --enable-pythoninterp \
  --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config

# Build and install
# Will ask for sudo pw
make && sudo make install