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+## Installing Vim with Python 2.7 support
+
+### Requirements & Version Checking
+
+OS = POSIX, so Linux, BSD or OSX. No plans for Windows support.
+
+Python 2 version >= 2.7 is required, check with: ``` python --version ```
+
+Vim/GVim with +python support. To check on command line
+``` vim --version | grep +python ```
+Alternatively, inside vim execute `:version`.
+
+If you don't have the requirements see below.
+
+### Ubuntu
+If your distribution of Ubuntu comes with python 2.7 (like most recent), the packaged vim should be all that is needed. If it isn't installed then run:
+```
+sudo apt-get install vim
+```
+
+If you are on an older Ubuntu machine with 2.6 or older, see compiling instructions below to get latest python and/or vim compiled. Alternatively, you can try to find a PPA with 2.7, but I can't recommend one.
+
+### Compiling From Source On POSIX
+The following shell script should build python/vim assuming build requirements are met, just change the apt-get line to whatever your package manager uses. The DIR variable specifies install location for python & vim.
+
+IMPORTANT: To use these daily, make sure your `.bashrc` or other init file updates PATH so that $DIR/bin is on it. So for BASH, in your `.bashrc` append `export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH`.
+
+```sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+PYTHON_URL=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9.tar.xz                                                                
+# This is where python & vim will be installed to
+DIR=/usr/local
+
+# List of dependencies on Ubuntu
+sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf libncurses5-dev xz-utils curl mercurial
+
+# Build python 2.7, install to $DIR
+PYARC=python.tar.xz
+curl -fLo $PYARC $PYTHON_URL
+xzcat $PYARC | tar xvf -
+cd Python*
+./configure --prefix=$DIR
+make && sudo make install
+cd -
+\rm -rf Python* $PYARC
+
+# Build vim with +python, install to $DIR
+hg clone https://code.google.com/p/vim/
+cd vim
+PATH=$DIR/bin:$PATH ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-pythoninterp \
+--with-python-config-dir=$DIR/lib/python2.7/config --prefix=$DIR
+PATH=$DIR/bin:$PATH make && sudo make install
+cd -      
+\rm -rf vim
+```