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?
Best Answer
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 withargs = %W[ ...
), and modify this line:Change it to these two lines:
(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.