After cloning this project, you can run the following to link these dotfiles into your home directory: ./activate.rb Be warned: this will overwrite any existing .vimrc, .gvimrc or .vim/ files you have in your home directory. If you plan on using command-t, you'll need to build the C extension. Make sure to use the ruby you built vim against. Here's what I ran: cd vim/bundle/command-t/ruby/command-t rvm use system ruby extconf.rb make