I'm getting an error also.
I have installed VIM 7.2 on RHEL 5.0, and included almost everything:
vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jan 30 2009 15:18:43)
Included patches: 1-65
Compiled by aron@childneck.champ.corp.yahoo.com
Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset...
2009-02-05 00:11:15 UTC in vimplugin
