Building Vim 8 from source.

vim_8_build

1.
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev python-dev python3-dev ruby-dev lua5.1 lua5.1-dev libperl-dev git
    
2.
sudo apt-get remove vim vim-runtime gvim vim-tiny vim-common vim-gui-common vim-nox

3.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim
./configure --with-features=huge \
            --enable-multibyte \
            --enable-rubyinterp=yes \
            --enable-pythoninterp=yes \
            --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu \
            --enable-python3interp=yes \
            --with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.5/config-3.5m-x86_64-linux-gnu \
            --enable-perlinterp=yes \
            --enable-luainterp=yes \
            --enable-gui=gtk2 \
            --enable-cscope \
            --prefix=/usr/local
            --with-compiledby="Rod Treweek <[email protected]>" \
            
 # Or this:
 
 ./configure \                                                            
    --enable-perlinterp=dynamic \                                        
    --enable-pythoninterp \                                              
    --enable-rubyinterp \                                                
    --enable-luainterp=dynamic \                                         
    --enable-cscope \                                                    
    --enable-gui=auto \                                                  
    --enable-gtk2-check \                                                
    --enable-gnome-check \                                               
    --enable-multibyte \                                                 
    --enable-fontset \                                                   
    --with-features=huge \                                               
    --with-x \                                                           
    --with-ruby-command=/usr/bin/ruby \                                  
    --with-compiledby="Rod Treweek <[email protected]>" \               
    --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-x86_64-linux-gnu \
4.
make VIMRUNTIMEDIR=/usr/local/share/vim/vim80

5.
cd ~/vim
sudo make install

6.
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor  /usr/local/bin/vim 1
sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim editor  /usr/local/bin/vim
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi  /usr/local/bin/vim 1
sudo update-alternatives --set vi /usr/local/bin/vim