Vim-7.1 has been compiled from source using default options. (this RPM does not check for dependencies, Sorry). Vim-6.4-* have been rebuild from Fedora devel source rpms for Fedora 4 core (updates). To install vim7.0 with Fedora 4, install latest Fedora 5 rpms and create a symbolic link in /usr/lib/perl5 (as those rpms assume perl 5.8.8 instead of 5.8.5) i.e., cd /usr/lib/perl5 ln -s 5.8.6 5.8.8 This works for vim-common-7.0.017-1.i386.rpm vim-enhanced-7.0.017-1.i386.rpm vim-minimal-7.0.017-1.i386.rpm vim-X11-7.0.017-1.i386.rpm