How to Install Vim with +clipboard with Homebrew on Linux

Note: Or just install NeoVim and this should be a non-issue.

Installing Vim with brew on OSX has worked flawlessly for me, and included +clipboard support. In my experience, working with Windows Subsystem for Linux specifically, a simple brew install vim didn't cut it, and vim --version displayed that sad -clipboard. I would prefer to use the same package manager between OSX and Linux, especially since I use a shell script for installing all my brew packages. In the past I've just resorted to installing vim-gtk to get a clipboard enabled build of vim on Linux. However, vim-gtk only yielded me version 8.0, while brew offered 8.2. I cared enough about this to open a GitHub issue and get a solution.

Installing custom formula for Vim, options not present (+clipboard) - GitHub Issue

Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libgnome2-dev libgnomeui-dev libgtk2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libbonoboui2-dev libcairo2-dev libx11-dev libxpm-dev libxt-dev
Modify the vim formula
brew edit vim
Change the configure option --without-x to --with-x and add the option --with-features=huge. Save the changes.

system "./configure", "--prefix=#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}",
                      "--mandir=#{man}",
                      "--enable-multibyte",
                      # New options
                      "--with-x",
                      "--with-features=huge",

Install the modified formula
brew install --build-from-source vim

It is crucial to have the necessary dependencies installed. I tried these steps with the same formula options, --with-x and --with-features=huge, and my Vim installation silently failed to include clipboard support, prior to installing the dependencies. This is a major nuisance, and I hope to have raised some awareness of this issue, for a use case as common as installing Vim with clipboard support with Homebrew on Linux.