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Asked: 2026-05-25T06:43:45+00:00

I’m trying to compile MacVim on my Macbook Pro, but while it’s running make

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I’m trying to compile MacVim on my Macbook Pro, but while it’s running make, I got some errors:

=== BUILD NATIVE TARGET MacVim OF PROJECT MacVim WITH THE DEFAULT CONFIGURATION (Release) ===
Check dependencies
PBXCp build/Release/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim ../Vim
    cd /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim
    /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DevToolsCore.framework/Resources/pbxcp -exclude .DS_Store -exclude CVS -exclude .svn -exclude .git -strip-debug-symbols -resolve-src-symlinks /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim/../Vim /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim/build/Release/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS

PhaseScriptExecution "Make Document Icons" build/MacVim.build/Release/MacVim.build/Script-1D1C31F00EFFBFD6003FE9A5.sh
    cd /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim
    /bin/sh -c /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim/build/MacVim.build/Release/MacVim.build/Script-1D1C31F00EFFBFD6003FE9A5.sh

unzip -jo EnvyCodeR.zip
Archive:  EnvyCodeR.zip
Command /bin/sh failed with exit code 2
Command /bin/sh failed with exit code 2
Touch build/Release/MacVim.app
    cd /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim
    /usr/bin/touch -c /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim/build/Release/MacVim.app

** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
MacVim:
    PhaseScriptExecution "Make Document Icons" /Users/Nathan/Downloads/b4winckler-macvim-6e6fac5/src/MacVim/build/MacVim.build/Release/MacVim.build/Script-1D1C31F00EFFBFD6003FE9A5.sh
(1 failure)

make[1]: *** [macvim] Error 1
make: *** [first] Error 2

What I need to do to correct this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Check out the homebrew formula for MacVim. It states that "Building custom icons fails for many users, so off by default" and goes on to do the following:

    unless ARGV.include? "--custom-icons"
  inreplace "src/MacVim/icons/Makefile", "$(MAKE) -C makeicns", ""
  inreplace "src/MacVim/icons/make_icons.py", "dont_create = False", "dont_create = True"
end

    So, I’d suggest making those same modifications to your src/MacVim/icons/Makefile and src/MacVim/icons/make_icons.py.

    Alternatively, use Homebrew to build / install MacVim, which is what I’ve done.

    Good luck!

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