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I am trying to compile vim from source with python interpreter on Ubuntu. I have installed the dependencies for vim, installed python2.7-devel and python2.7-dbg packages on Ubuntu and do the configure step like this
./configure --enable-pythoninterp --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config
The config directory does contain the config.c file. The make step fails with the following error.
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objects/py_config.o:(.data+0xcc): undefined reference to `initcStringIO'
objects/py_config.o:(.data+0xd4): undefined reference to `initcPickle'
objects/py_config.o:(.data+0xdc): undefined reference to `initzlib'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [vim] Error 1
I have tried stable builds, tweaked around configure etc. But do not find a definitive answer. Also vim builds without the python-interpreter.
Here the complete
output - http://paste.pocoo.org/show/577749/
error - http://paste.pocoo.org/show/577752/
Makefile - http://paste.pocoo.org/show/577751/
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You need to compile Vim yourself or get a prebuilt Vim package that was compiled with Python support. If you're on a Debian based system, the easiest way is to download the vim-gnome or vim-gtk package from apt ( apt install vim-gtk for instance). Other distros might have a similar package with python support built in.
Using Vim as a Python IDE The python-mode project is a Vim plugin with syntax highlighting, breakpoints, PEP8 linting, code completion and many other features you'd expect from an integrated development environment.
For most users, the configuration directory will be ~/. ipython . Previous versions of IPython on Linux would use the XDG config directory, creating ~/. config/ipython by default.
Answering my own question after doing significant research. Looks in certain Ubuntu installs, the files which vim is looking for compilation may be missing.
After realizing that I went ahead with custom install of Python source (./configure --prefix=/home/senthil/localpython; make; make install) and then proceeded with vim compilation aginst this one.
Set your path so that python points to the new local install.
PATH=/home/senthil/localpython/bin:$PATH
Then start the compilation with the following flags.
./configure --enable-pythoninterp --with-features=huge --with-python-config-dir=/home/senthil/localpython/lib/python2.7/config
You should see that vim compiles fine with using the local python interpreter. As has been informed by various sources, this increases the size of vim and I also felt that the speed had significant become slower. Just after finishing this exercise (in a really way with patience), I think, I would like to use the system compiled vim itself.
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