Manage Vim Plugin With Pathogen
pathogen.vim Manage your 'runtimepath' with ease. In practical terms, pathogen.vim makes it super easy to install plugins and runtime files in their own private directories.
Installation
Install to ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim. Or copy and paste:
mkdir -p ~/.vim/autoload ~/.vim/bundle && \
curl -LSso ~/.vim/autoload/pathogen.vim https://tpo.pe/pathogen.vim
Runtime Path Manipulation
Add this to your vimrc:
execute pathogen#infect()
If you're brand new to Vim and lacking a vimrc, vim ~/.vimrc and paste in the following super-minimal example:
execute pathogen#infect()
syntax on
filetype plugin indent on
Now any plugins you wish to install can be extracted to a subdirectory under ~/.vim/bundle, and they will be added to the 'runtimepath'.
An Example to Install a Plugin
cd ~/.vim/bundle && \
git clone git://github.com/tpope/vim-sensible.git
Now sensible.vim is installed.
