YouCompleteMe has an unusually complex installation. These days most vim plugins allow you to simply: cd ~/.vim/bundle git clone .... and you are good to

YouCompleteMe has an unusually complex installation. These days most vim plugins allow you to simply: cd ~/.vim/bundle git clone .... and you are good to go. YouCompleteMe isn't this nice, and suffers for it I think. The "unzip it to ~/.vim" is usually called "a real pain in the ass to keep up to date and disabled or uninstall."