Install copy plugin/sonictemplate.vim to plugin directory. and copy autoload/sonictemplate.vim to autoload directory. # cp plugin/sonictemplate.vim ~/.vim/plugin/. # cp autoload/sonictemplate.vim ~/.vim/autoload/. if you install pathogen.vim, you can make it work with only copying sonictemplate-vim directory to bundle directory. # cp -r sonictemplate-vim ~/.vim/bundle/.