YouCompleteMe unavailable : requires Vim 7.4.143

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my apologies if im asking a retarded question. New to windows bash and saw the vim Plugin "YouCompleteme" and tried to install it with Vundle. However im getting the error as stated in the title. My vim current ver is 7.4.52 anyone have any idea how to solve this?

Edit : I just realised when i just call vim it says 7.4.52 however when i call :version it says 7.4 does this mean im using the wrong vim ?

`:version` reports the version number, 7.4, and the included patches range, which is what `52` and `143` are referring to. — Michael Foukarakis, Oct 06 '16 at 13:54
vim 8 is out now. I am sure YouCompleteMe will soon take advantage of the new features if it's not already the case. — Xavier Nicollet, Oct 07 '16 at 15:18

byaruhaf · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-06T16:52:41.497

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You need to upgrade to the latest vim so run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

That should upgrade your vim

edited Oct 06 '16 at 16:52

answered Oct 06 '16 at 13:44

byaruhaf

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hey ! thanks for your reply . may i just inquire after running the update and the get i need to call install vim again ? – Wan Li Hau Oct 06 '16 at 13:58
@WanLiHau no need to install vim again it should just upgrade automatically i just added that line just in case it's a fresh vim – byaruhaf Oct 06 '16 at 16:51
@WanLiHau i have updated the answer and removed the last line. – byaruhaf Oct 06 '16 at 16:53
I tried the accepted answer and it did not work, any other recommendations? – LetsPlayYahtzee Oct 27 '16 at 08:50
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@LetsPlayYahtzee what is the result of vim --version – byaruhaf Oct 27 '16 at 23:57
`VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 2 2014 19:39:59) Included patches: 1-52` – LetsPlayYahtzee Oct 28 '16 at 08:39
@LetsPlayYahtzee you still have 7.4.52 what ubuntu version are you running? – byaruhaf Oct 28 '16 at 13:51
@LetsPlayYahtzee can you try the following `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pkg-vim/vim-daily` and then `sudo apt-get update` followed by `sudo apt-get install vim` – byaruhaf Oct 28 '16 at 13:54

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 25 '17 at 13:16

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

It these commands don't work above.

You have to use

apt-get -u dist-upgrade

Enforce the package update the last version, and auto process the dependent package issue.

If you also have python error

requires Vim compiled with Python (2.6+ or 3.3+) support

You can use

sudo apt-get install vim-nox

The vim will support the python with newest version

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 10 '17 at 08:30

I used a older commit of ycm and that worked sufficiently well for me. commit d38ffc54461963c4495fefdd8b0c3d706f72d957 supports vim version version 7.4.52

Go to youcompleteme directory

git checkout d38ffc54461963c4495fefdd8b0c3d706f72d957
git submodule update --init --recursive     
./install.py --clang-completer

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 16 '17 at 20:51

I tried ppa:jonathonf/vim and found it doesn't support python (ppa configuration on Debian is slightly different). If you use YCM, then it's not the right option for you.

Actually, compiling vim from scratch is not difficult.

You can find this compilation configuration sample useful.

In the vim dir, you can run ./configure --help to see a full list of config options.

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