compile vim

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y build-essential ncurses-dev python3-dev gettext libacl1-dev libgpm-dev libncurses5-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev
./configure \
            --with-features=huge \
            --enable-multibyte \
            --enable-python3interp=dynamic --with-python3-stable-abi=3.6 \
            --enable-terminal \
            --enable-cscope \
            --without-x \
            --disable-netbeans \
            --enable-fail-if-missing
make -j
sudo make install

install vim plug

curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

install vim plugins

vim ~/.vimrc
:PlugInstall

install coc vim

• run in vim

:CocInstall coc-json coc-tsserver coc-clangd

• install nodejs https://nodejs.org/en/download/

• create empty file main.cpp and open it in vim

• run in vim

:CocCommand clangd.install

Ref: https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim.git

install vimspector

VimspectorInstall CodeLLDB

Ref: https://github.com/puremourning/vimspector.git

install ripgrep (enable Rg command in vim)

sudo apt install -y ripgrep

install The Silver Searcher (enable Ag command in vim)

sudo apt install -y silversearcher-ag

Known issues

vim does not recognize the terminal info

Issue

E558: Terminal entry not found in terminfo
'foot' not known. Available builtin terminals are:
    builtin_ansi
    builtin_vt320
    builtin_vt52
    builtin_xterm
    builtin_iris-ansi
    builtin_pcansi
    builtin_win32
    builtin_amiga
    builtin_dumb
    builtin_debug
defaulting to 'ansi'

Solution

• Add the following line to user's ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

export TERM=xterm-256color