How to install Neovim on Ubuntu?

Solution 1:

From the universe repo

sudo apt install neovim

From source

0. Download the master branch from Github

1. Install the dependencies

   sudo apt-get install libtool autoconf automake cmake libncurses5-dev g++
   

2. Go to the root of the project and build

   make cmake
   make test
   

3. Run nvim in /neovim-master/build/bin

That works for me.

From the PPA repository

0. Add the repository

    $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable
   

1. Update and install

    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install neovim
   

Solution 2:

According to official Wiki:

Neovim has been added to a Personal Package Archive which allows you to install it using apt-get on Ubuntu 12.04 and later

Run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install neovim

Prerequisites for the Python modules:

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python3-dev python3-pip