vim not working after upgrading to mac os x 10.13.1 high sierra

Question

I upgraded to mac os high sierra 10.13.1, and now when I try to run vim, I get this message.

dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/libruby.2.0.0.dylib Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/vim Reason: image not found Abort trap: 6

What might I need to do to get vim working again?

I believe I have xcode installed, and also brew, the missing package manager for mac os, if that helps.

Answer 1

Did you install vim with homebrew?

Update homebrew and vim.
brew update
brew upgrade vim

(I'd recommend upgrading everything installed with homebrew brew upgrade - but be ready for things to break.)

You might also need to unlink and re-link vim.

On a 2nd look, it looks like it's due to broken ruby, only re-linking ruby might fix it, but upgrade is still a good idea. brew link --overwrite ruby

My homebrew packages often get broken by a macOS upgrade, it seems best to upgrade everything at the same time.

Answer 2

Previous answers did not work for me. (did not try installing from source, didn't want to "own" my macvim at that level)

This did work: brew uninstall --purge macvim brew install macvim

Answer 3

All that stuff didn't quite work for me.

But uninstalling and reinstalling Vim worked.

brew uninstall vim
brew install vim

Answer 4

1. $ brew doctor - let me know I needed to install xcode and fix my path to sbin
2. $ xcode-select --install (installs xcode)
3. I also had to add brew's sbin to my path in my .zshrc
4. $ echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc (fixes path)
5. $ source ~/.zshrc- (refresh .zshrc)
6. $ brew install macvim
7. $ brew upgrade

That did the trick. Now vim opens with $ vim

Answer 5

This worked for me:

$ brew update

$ brew upgrade macvim

actual command output:

[bin]$ brew upgrade macvim
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
macvim 8.0-142
==> Upgrading macvim --with-override-system-vim
==> Downloading https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/archive/snapshot-142.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://codeload.github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/tar.gz/snapshot-142
######################################################################## 100,0%
==> ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --with-macarchs=x86_64 --enable-perlinterp --enable-rubyinterp --enable-tclinterp --enable-ter
==> make
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/8.0-142: 2,147 files, 34.2MB, built in 3 minutes 15 seconds
[bin]$ 

Answer 6

I've tried the previous answer, and I got an error while upgrading vim

brew upgrade vim
Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated Homebrew from 62f85cfa to af8f8f11.
Updated 1 tap (caskroom/cask).

Error: vim: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/vim.rb:100: syntax error, unexpected <<
<<<<<<< Updated upstream
  ^
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/vim.rb:101: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting keyword_end
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/vim.rb:103: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting keyword_end
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/vim.rb:105: syntax error, unexpected ',', expecting keyword_end

But I found using vim in system did work.

brew uninstall --force vim

The path is

where vi
/usr/bin/vi

And it worked.

Answer 7

If there is a conflict on vim version you have to run unlik macvim before installing. These steps worked for me.

brew uninstall vim

brew unlink macvim

brew install vim

Answer 8

This worked for me.

Check brew..

brew doctor
brew update

Download Xcode updates just in case..

xcode-select --install

Change your path and use an updated VIM image..

brew unlink vim
brew upgrade macvim

vim

VIM version 8.1.577

Curious if you can do this in macports?

Answer 9

I have tried brew update && brew upgrade vim, but hit the same issue. Installing from source solved this issue eventually.

git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim
./configure
make install