Recompile MacPort's version of MacVim with Python, Ruby & Perl

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Linux guy making the switch to Mac (10.8). Because I'm lazy... I used MacPorts to install MacVim. It seemed to install without error. I just need python, ruby and perl support in mvim. ``` $ /opt/local/bin/mvim --version | egrep 'patches|python|ruby|perl' Included patches: 1-244, 246-646 +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg +odbeditor +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile -python -python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime ``` I looked for the src directory as it's explained in github but found nothing: ``` $ find /opt/local/ -name src -type d | grep -i vim ``` I did find and extract this file to /tmp/macvim ``` /opt/local/var/macports/software/MacVim/MacVim-7.3.snapshot65_1.darwin_12.x86_64.tbz2 ``` Then grep'd +PORTFILE for the string 'prefix': ``` $ grep prefix +PORTFILE PYTHON=${prefix}/bin/python2.7 copy ${worksrcpath}/src/MacVim/mvim ${destroot}${prefix}/bin ln -s mvim ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/mvimdi…

Accepted Answer

If you run `port info macvim` you see that it has some variants:

```
MacVim @7.3.snapshot65, Revision 1 (editors)
Variants:             big, cscope, huge, perl, python, python25, python26,
                      python27, python31, python32, ruby, tcl, universal, xim

Description:          MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to Mac OS X that
                      is meant to look better and integrate more seamlessly with
                      the Mac than vim-app.
Homepage:             http://code.google.com/p/macvim
...
```

You can install MacVim with Python, Ruby and Perl support by selecting those variants using:

```
sudo port install macvim +python +perl +ruby
```

Recompile MacPort's version of MacVim with Python, Ruby & Perl

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