Installed with vundle, nothing happens.

[trusktr]

Seems installing powerline doesn't work with vundle, but vim-bundle does. Also, which python does it work with? I have both 2.7 and 3 on my system.

[Lokaltog]

Double-check that Powerline is present in your Python search path when installing with Vundle, and that you source the plugin (you need to add Powerline to your vundle runtimepath as specified in the docs). Powerline works with Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.2+.

[trusktr]

Yup, that was it. I didn't realize the rtp had to be set, unlike with most plugins installed with Vundle (actually, I'm using NeoBundle, a fork of Vundle)

So in case anyone runs into this, this is what you put if you're using Vundle:

Bundle 'Lokaltog/powerline', {'rtp': 'powerline/bindings/vim/'}

And using NeoBundle:

NeoBundle 'Lokaltog/powerline', {'rtp': 'powerline/bindings/vim/'}

[mtrovo]

Thank you trusktr, didn't know about the second argument.
This should totally be on powerline documentation, the Installation section is lacking some details about vundle installation.

[freshsun]

thank you trusktr

[gour]

@trusktr Thank you.

+1 for putting it into docs.

[parhamfh]

I had this problem too, works for me, thanks! Put this in the docs please.

[pacuna]

Thanks for the tip @trusktr . +1 to the docs

[iurimatias]

thank you @trusktr !

[joshperry]

This is awesome, wasn't installing with Vundle because I didn't know about this. Thank you.

[jameswald]

After running this I experienced a separate issue which I thought was an indication that the plugin wasn't installed correctly. vim 7.4.273 on OS X doesn't show the status bar without set laststatus=2 in vimrc. This is mentioned in the troubleshooting guide. https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline/blob/develop/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst

[yarving]

Bundle 'Lokaltog/powerline', {'rtp': 'powerline/bindings/vim/'}
This line works

[segeljakt]

Plug 'powerline/powerline', {'rtp': 'powerline/bindings/vim/'}

Works if you are using Plug