1. Clone the repo in the ~/.vim folder: git clone git@github.com:ruxandraburtica/vim.git ~/.vim 2. Update submodules cd ~/.vim git submodule init git submodule update 3. Copy the .vimrc in the home directory 4. Command-T requires vim to be compiled with Ruby support, so: sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1-dev sudo gem install sys-proctable sudo gem install passenger From ~/.vim/bundle/command-t, run: rake make