Installation of Neovim on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions

There are several methods of installing Neovim on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. The methods are listed below:

Method 1: Installing Neovim from the Ubuntu software center

1) Open the Ubuntu software center

2) Search ‘Neovim’ in the search bar and press enter, after this you will Neovim-snap editor

3) Click on the install button and install the Neovim text editor on your Linux operating system.

Method 2: Using the command line to install Neovim

Neovim can be installed on Linux distributions using a command line which makes it very convenient. To install Neovim on Linux follow the below steps:

1) To install on Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions

open your terminal and write the following command:

sudo apt install neovim

Copy and paste the above command and then press enter. After it press ‘y’ to permit you to download Neovim on your Ubuntu system.

2) To Install Neovim on Fedora, write the following command

sudo dnf install -y neovim

3) To install Neovim on Manjaro and Arch Linux, write the following command

sudo pacman -Syu neovim

4) To install Neovim using the snap package, use the following command

sudo snap install nvim --classic

After entering the above command press enter and the installation will start automatically.

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