I think I just didn't even try. Basically I just compiled the plugins that didn't have any external dependency (with some exceptions - I wanted `git-changebar` to work which requires libgit). Maybe it's very easy, maybe you run into some unpredictable issues, who knows.
Thanks for the reply. It's sounds like coding fatigue set in. I glanced over the build instructions and there was quite a bit there. I'll look it all over later and see what's going on. Maybe I can get all of the plugins compiled. But no promises! :)