Vim8 with enabling Python3 for RHEL6/7. It will be installed as vim8 and it never affect or overwrite any installed files. vim8 depends on vim-common because it uses /etc/vimrc or other vim's files.
vimver=8.1.0678
# For RHEL7
curl https://github.com/funkypythonista/vim8-rpm/releases/download/${vimver}/vim8-${vimver}-1.el7.x86_64.rpm -L -O
# For RHEL6
curl https://github.com/funkypythonista/vim8-rpm/releases/download/${vimver}/vim8-${vimver}-1.el6.x86_64.rpm -L -O
sudo yum install vim8-${vimver}-1.el*.x86_64.rpm
The binaries will be installed for each python3.4, 3.5, 3.6 version.
| repo name | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| epel | vim8-py34 | - | vim8-py36 |
| ius | vim8-py34 | vim8-py35 | vim8-py36 |
| RHSCL | vim8-rhpy34 | vim8-rhpy35 | vim8-rhpy36 |
Execute alternatives command to select python3 version.
# check insntalled vim8
sudo alternatives --display vim8
# select
sudo alternatives --config vim8
execute /usr/bin/vim8
If you use python3 of EPEL or IUS, you don't need to do anything.
If you use RHSCL's python3, you need to execute following command before executing vim8.
# For scl python3.6
scl enable rh-python36 bash
# For scl python3.5
scl enable rh-python35 bash
# For scl python3.4
scl enable rh-python34 bash
Alternatively, configure lib path in your .vimrc.
# For scl python3.6
let &pythonthreedll = '/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.rh-python36-1.0'
# For scl python3.5
let &pythonthreedll = '/opt/rh/rh-python35/root/usr/lib64/libpython3.5m.so.rh-python35-1.0'
# For scl python3.4
let &pythonthreedll = '/opt/rh/rh-python34/root/usr/lib64/libpython3.4m.so.rh-python34-1.0'
To check whether python3 is enabled on vim8.
:python3 print(sys.version)
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