INSTALL Clone the project in your home directory git clone https://github.com/lesce/.vim.git Enter the .vim project , initialize the git submodules (vim plugins) and clone them cd .vim && git submodule init && git submodule update Create a .vimrc file in your home dir that links to .vim/vimrc touch ~/.vimrc && echo 'source ~/.vim/vimrc' >> ~/.vimrc