Required packages: - homebrew - vim - python pip - powerline - silversearcher-ag (linux) the_silver_searcher (osx) - exuberant CTags (http://ctags.sourceforge.net/) Installing: OSX: $brew install pyhton $brew install vim --with-python --with-ruby --with-perl $pip install git+git://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline $brew install the_silver_searcher $brew install ctags Linux: $aptitude install silversearcher-ag Download exuberant Ctgas from http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ $tar xzf ctags-5.8.tar.gz $./configure $make $sudo make install Ready to code Reference: https://coderwall.com/p/yiot4q Included plugins: ack.vim => Replace by ag.vim (much faster) ag.vim ctrlp-py-matcher ctrlp.vim delimitMate heroku-colorscheme html5.vim jasmine.vim jquery.vim nerdtree rspec.vim seoul256.vim snipmate-snippets syntastic tabular tagbar tlib_vim ultisnips vim-addon-mw-utils vim-airline vim-bundler vim-coffee-script vim-colors-solarized vim-commentary vim-easy-align vim-enter-indent vim-fugitive vim-github-dashboard vim-javascript vim-markdown vim-move vim-mustache-handlebars vim-ragtag vim-rails vim-rake vim-repeat vim-rooter vim-rspec vim-scratch vim-snipmate vim-snippets vim-surround vim-vroom