Vim installation ---------------- As a system-wide Python package ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Add the following line to your ``vimrc``:: python import plugin.vim.load_vim_plugin Outside Python's search path ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This requires you to source the plugin file with an absolute path to the plugin location. Add the following line to your ``vimrc``, where ``{path}`` is the path to the main Powerline project folder:: source {path}/plugin/vim/powerline.vim