Install vim from source on CentOS

To install vim from source on the CentOS server, run

yum -y install  ncurses-devel
cd /usr/local/src
wget https://github.com/vim/vim/archive/master.zip	
unzip master.zip
cd vim-master/src/
./configure
make
make install

This will install the latest version of Vim. You can start it with the command

vim

To get it work with “vi” command, i removed preinstalled vim editor with command

rpm -e --nodeps  vim-minimal

Now create a symlink with

ln -s /usr/local/bin/vim /bin/vi