STEPS FOR THE FIRST TIME: cd ~ rm -rf ~/.vim/ git clone https://github.com/hanzhixing/vim.git ln -sf ~/vim ~/.vim #If you want to use vim without any plugins ln -sf ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc #If you want to use vim with plugins git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim ln -sf ~/.vim/vimrc.with.plugins ~/.vimrc vim :PluginInstall :q