Installation: git clone https://github.com/Kazanir/dotvim.git ~/.vim Create symlinks: ln -s ~/.vim/.vimrc ~/.vimrc Switch to the `~/.vim` directory, and fetch submodules: cd ~/.vim git submodule init git submodule update Using this means that to install a new Pathogen bundle you use the following command instead of a simple clone: cd ~/.vim git submodule add git@github.com:barguy/foobundle.vim.git bundle/foobundle.vim Troubleshooting: Q) The status line has unrecognized characters! A) You need to patch your font to work with vim-powerline. Go to: https://github.com/fatih/subvim/tree/master/vim/base/vim-powerline/fontpatcher for instructions on how to do this. Alternatively, remove the line: let g:Powerline_symbols="fancy" from .vimrc to enable standard symbols.