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How do you all install neovim on Linux? The .deb is gone with this release, which I think was the most orderly way to fit into my install. I think I'll want to

How do you all install neovim on Linux? The .deb is gone with this release, which I think was the most orderly way to fit into my install. I think I'll want to find a PPA solution now. I am not a fan of installs that are not reversible.

brotherjerky 4y ago
We are stuck with the app images now it seems
merrickluo 4y ago
You should get a better package manager/distro. With emerge or pacman, it's easy to find/write your own ebuild/pkgbuild, way better than adding ppas.
- kzrdude 4y ago
  Fair. I'll soon give asahi a try on a refurb mac, so then I'll be try arch style package management. Not sure if adding ppas is the problem, i think that's ok, but making packages when none exist is more of a hassle.
gpanders 4y ago
I have been installing into $HOME/.local for a while now and it works wonderfully. I build from source, but it should work just as well from a tar or AppImage.
- kzrdude 4y ago
  How do you uninstall and clean it up, in that case?
  - gpanders 4y ago
    rm -rf ~/.local/{bin,share}/nvim
manaskarekar 4y ago
If you don't want an older version from your distro, it's easy to use the appImage. cd ~ wget --quiet https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim.appimage --output-document nvim chmod +x nvim sudo chown root:root nvim sudo mv nvim /usr/bin mkdir -p .config/nvim To uninstall, one would delete the binary, and .config/nvim + any other folders specified in your plugin manager.
- kzrdude 4y ago
  Then I'll need some other service or system that integrates it with the desktop and .desktop files. I haven't looked into that, but I see it exists.
collinvandyck76 4y ago
I have a script in my dotfiles that installs neovim from source, based on a version I set elsewhere.
hiyer 4y ago
PPAs are available for both stable (0.7.x)[1] and unstable (this 0.9)[2] versions. I use the latter and it has worked well for me. 1. https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/stable https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/stable 2. https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/unstable https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/unstable
- kzrdude 4y ago
  The stable one never updated to 0.8 so it has not been of much use in that way unfortunately
pxc 4y ago
You can always find the latest Neovim in Nixpkgs Unstable, modulo a week or two. Neovim 0.9 is on its way in right now: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/225152 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/225152 Just make sure your user's Nix profile is included in your XDG paths like so, and the .desktop files Nix installs will get picked up by your DE: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Cookbook#Desktop_environment_does_not_find_.desktop_files https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Cookbook#Desktop_environment_doe... If you really want to stay on top of the bleeding edge, you can use this overlay to run prebuilt copies of Neovim nightly on any distro: https://github.com/nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay https://github.com/nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay To ensure that the Nix installation itself is easily removable and sets everything up correctly for you, use the Determinate Nix Installer for a fast and easy installation: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer In case you don't want to wait for the final package to land in Nixpkgs, command for installing 0.9 from that PR branch after using the above Nix installer is nix profile install github:GaetanLePage/nixpkgs/neovim#neovim which will build from source against that PR branch. Nix can be a great complement to a stable, conventional base system like Debian for use cases like this. I hope you give it a try!
earthling8118 4y ago
I'm not a fan of installs that aren't reversible either. That's why I don't touch any distro that fights me on that (such as one that supports .deb)
jgb1984 4y ago
A shame they removed the .deb package. Oh well, I use gvim as my daily driver anyway.

brotherjerky 4y ago

We are stuck with the app images now it seems

merrickluo 4y ago

You should get a better package manager/distro. With emerge or pacman, it's easy to find/write your own ebuild/pkgbuild, way better than adding ppas.

kzrdude 4y ago
Fair. I'll soon give asahi a try on a refurb mac, so then I'll be try arch style package management. Not sure if adding ppas is the problem, i think that's ok, but making packages when none exist is more of a hassle.

gpanders 4y ago

I have been installing into $HOME/.local for a while now and it works wonderfully. I build from source, but it should work just as well from a tar or AppImage.

kzrdude 4y ago
How do you uninstall and clean it up, in that case?
- gpanders 4y ago
  rm -rf ~/.local/{bin,share}/nvim

manaskarekar 4y ago

If you don't want an older version from your distro, it's easy to use the appImage. cd ~ wget --quiet https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim.appimage --output-document nvim chmod +x nvim sudo chown root:root nvim sudo mv nvim /usr/bin mkdir -p .config/nvim To uninstall, one would delete the binary, and .config/nvim + any other folders specified in your plugin manager.

kzrdude 4y ago
Then I'll need some other service or system that integrates it with the desktop and .desktop files. I haven't looked into that, but I see it exists.

collinvandyck76 4y ago

I have a script in my dotfiles that installs neovim from source, based on a version I set elsewhere.

hiyer 4y ago

PPAs are available for both stable (0.7.x)[1] and unstable (this 0.9)[2] versions. I use the latter and it has worked well for me. 1. https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/stable https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/stable 2. https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/unstable https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/unstable

kzrdude 4y ago
The stable one never updated to 0.8 so it has not been of much use in that way unfortunately

pxc 4y ago

You can always find the latest Neovim in Nixpkgs Unstable, modulo a week or two. Neovim 0.9 is on its way in right now: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/225152 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/225152 Just make sure your user's Nix profile is included in your XDG paths like so, and the .desktop files Nix installs will get picked up by your DE: https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Cookbook#Desktop_environment_does_not_find_.desktop_files https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_Cookbook#Desktop_environment_doe... If you really want to stay on top of the bleeding edge, you can use this overlay to run prebuilt copies of Neovim nightly on any distro: https://github.com/nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay https://github.com/nix-community/neovim-nightly-overlay To ensure that the Nix installation itself is easily removable and sets everything up correctly for you, use the Determinate Nix Installer for a fast and easy installation: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer In case you don't want to wait for the final package to land in Nixpkgs, command for installing 0.9 from that PR branch after using the above Nix installer is nix profile install github:GaetanLePage/nixpkgs/neovim#neovim which will build from source against that PR branch. Nix can be a great complement to a stable, conventional base system like Debian for use cases like this. I hope you give it a try!

earthling8118 4y ago

I'm not a fan of installs that aren't reversible either. That's why I don't touch any distro that fights me on that (such as one that supports .deb)

jgb1984 4y ago

A shame they removed the .deb package. Oh well, I use gvim as my daily driver anyway.