Installing vim8

Install Vim 8 with Python, Python 3, Ruby and Lua support on Ubuntu 16.04+

source: https://gist.github.com/odiumediae/3b22d09b62e9acb7788baf6fdbb77cf8

The python paths below may be wrong for your system.

Also, for +clipboard to work, at least on my Ubuntu system, you'll need to install:

apt install libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxt-dev libsm-dev libxpm-dev

sudo apt-get remove --purge vim vim-runtime vim-gnome vim-tiny vim-gui-common
 
sudo apt-get install liblua5.1-dev luajit libluajit-5.1 python-dev ruby-dev libperl-dev libncurses5-dev libatk1.0-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev

# optional: so vim can be uninstalled again via `dpkg -r vim`
sudo apt-get install checkinstall

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim /usr/bin/vim

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/vim/vim
cd vim
git pull && git fetch

# in case vim was already installed
cd src
make distclean
cd ..

./configure \
--enable-multibyte \
--enable-perlinterp=dynamic \
--enable-rubyinterp=dynamic \
--with-ruby-command=/usr/bin/ruby \
--enable-pythoninterp=dynamic \
--with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config-686_64-linux-gnu \
--enable-python3interp \
--with-python3-config-dir=/usr/lib/python3.7/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu \
--enable-luainterp \
--with-luajit \
--enable-cscope \
--enable-gui=auto \
--with-features=huge \
--with-x \
--enable-fontset \
--enable-largefile \
--disable-netbeans \
--with-compiledby="yourname" \
--enable-fail-if-missing

make && sudo make install