cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 6.4 (Final) http://www.fullybaked.co.uk/articles/installing-latest-vim-on-centos-from-source http://gyaresu.org/vim/2013/11/28/vim-74-on-centos-64/ yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' yum install -y mercurial yum install -y perl-devel python-devel ruby-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed ncurses-devel mkdir bld cd bld hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ vim OR curl -O ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.4.tar.bz2 wget ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.4.tar.bz2 tar -xjf vim-7.4.tar.bz2 cd vim[74] ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-perlinterp --enable-rubyinterp --enable-pythoninterp make make install source ~/.zshrc vim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Nov 27 2013 10:42:25)