Neovim app image

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Updated: 28 February 2025

How to install Neovim, from the App Image, on Ubuntu.

  1. Pick a stable release https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/stable
  2. Download the nvim.appimage asset.
  3. Run chmod u+x nvim.appimage to make the nvim.appimage file executable.
  4. Start the neovim editor with ./nvim.appimage.
  5. If your system indicates that FUSE is missing, it can be installed (for Ubuntu >= 22.04) with sudo apt install libfuse2.
  6. Rename the executable and put it in a location on your PATH e.g. mv nvim.appimage /home/chris/.local/bin/nvim or sudo mv nvim.appimage /usr/bin/nvim
  7. Now start the neovim editor with nvim

Nightly

Run this script to install the nightly build of Neovim, onto Ubuntu

#!/bin/bash

rm -f ~/.local/bin/nvim

curl https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage \
-Lo ~/.local/bin/nvim

chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/nvim

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