way 1 (recommended): use git., linux: See https://github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-manager/blob/master/doc/vim-addon-manager-getting-started.txt section 2, recommended setup. Then VAM will git clone itself on startup. windows: goto http(s)://mawercer.de/~marc/vam/index.php (yes, its a self signed certificate) way 2 goto github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-manager and click on the zip link