Where to add pyflakes folder for static analysis in vim for python?

Question

I am having difficulty in having pyflakes in vim for statin analysis of python code. When I find folders on my system with name "ftplugin" I see following results:

/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftplugin

/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/after/ftplugin/ftplugin

/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin

/usr/share/vim/vim72/ftplugin

Where exactly do I have to add pyflakes files? I tried all the location but that does not help. I have also set filetype plugin indent on. Still no luck.

Answer 1

You are supposed to install plugins and colorschemes in $HOME/.vim/. If that directory doesn't exist already, create it.

Same deal with $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/ and so on…

Answer 2

The installation instructions are quite clear:

Otherwise unzip pyflakes.vim and the pyflakes directory into ~/.vim/ftplugin/python

so you may need to create that directory first.

But really, if you're doing anything with vim, you should use a bundle installer like Pathogen or Vundle. You won't regret it.