I've got a similar problem: vim: symbol lookup error: vim: undefined symbol: init_ssl with ii libpython2.7 2.7.3-2 ii vim-nox 2:7.3.547-3 if I try to :pyfile these lines: import socket s = socket.socket(2, 0) s.connect("google.com", 80) This makes SlimV unuseable for me now, as I cannot connect to a swank server anymore.