Install Neovim

Install Neovim AppImage on Linux

This is the preferred release artifact for me on linux. I’ve been using it for 5+ years without any issues on Ubuntu, Red Hat 7 and 8, CentOs.

Assuming github release link neovim/neovim

• Download appimage from github

  export nvim_version="stable"
  # or nvim_version="v0.11.5"
  # download
  mkdir -p ~/downloads/nvim/"${nvim_version}"
  cd ~/downloads/nvim/"${nvim_version}"/
  curl --fail --location --remote-name https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/"${nvim_version}"/nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage
  

• Verify checksum

  sha256sum nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage
  # compare the sha256 checksum by copying it and CTRL+F on the release page.
  

• Install using symlinks

  chmod +x nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage
  sudo cp nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage "/usr/bin/nvim-${nvim_version}"
  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nvim "/usr/bin/nvim-${nvim_version}"