Installing the Latest Version of Neovim on Ubuntu

When using the latest version of Neovim on Ubuntu, I use the AppImage format rather than the official package repository because it is easier to install. In recent releases (v0.10.4), it seems that the AppImage filename has changed from the previous nvim.appimage to nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage.

Installation steps:

1. Download the AppImage and make it executable

Bash

curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux-x86_64.appimagenchmod u+x nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage

2. Launch Neovim

Run the following command to start Neovim:

Bash

./nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage

After that, you can rename it to nvim and place it in a directory included in your PATH to make it available system-wide.