How can I use the Homebrew Python version with Homebrew MacVim on Snow Leopard?
First, remove MacVim if you've already installed it: brew remove macvim
Next, edit MacVim's Formula with the command: brew edit macvim
. Find the arguments list (begins with args = %W[ ...
), and modify this line:
--enable-pythoninterp
Change it to these two lines:
--enable-pythoninterp=dynamic
--with-python-config-dir=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/config
(this config dir should be symlinked to /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.7/config
)
Now when you reinstall MacVim with brew install macvim
, it will use your Python 2.7 installation.
:python print(sys.version)
2.7.3 (default, Apr 16 2012, 23:20:02)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.1.00)]
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Note: For Mountain Lion, see: How can I use the Homebrew Python with Homebrew MacVim on Mountain Lion?
I've installed Python 2.7 with Homebrew on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. When I install MacVim using
brew install macvim
, it compiles with Python support, but is compiled against the system's Python installation. This can be seen by running the command::python print(sys.version) 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jun 24 2010, 21:47:49) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)]
However, Vim seems to be using the Python executable that's in my path:
:python print(sys.executable) /usr/local/bin/python
This causes problems for Vim scripts using vim_bridge, such as vim-rst-tables (can't import module "re").
How can I compile Vim against my Homebrewed Python version?
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Will about 10 yearsSeems to be fixed now: github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/26496
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