How do you install plugins for MacVim?

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Published on 2011-02-21T14:53:41Z Indexed on 2011/02/21 15:27 UTC
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Specifically, I'm trying to install NERDtree. I downloaded the 4.10 package from github, unzipped it into ~/.vim/, and restarted MacVim (version 7.3).

Typing :nerdtree results in the following error:

E492: Not an editor command: nerdtree

In terminal, typing:

cd ~/.vim
ls -R

Results in:

Rakefile    doc     nerdtree_plugin plugin

./doc:
NERD_tree.txt

./nerdtree_plugin:
exec_menuitem.vim   fs_menu.vim

./plugin:
NERD_tree.vim

What am I missing?

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