Configure and compiling VIM under OS X did not work out-of-the box for me. I did not want to use MacPorts VIM as it’s dependent on ruby (if you like me want that) and I did not find a way of compiling MacPorts VIM against my local ruby. This post is about how to get VIM compiling on OS X/intel without the use of MacPorts. 1. Configure without specifying architecture When running configure without