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@ -93,6 +93,20 @@ The [Releases](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) page provides pre-buil
## Linux
### Pre-built archives
The [Releases](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) page provides pre-built binaries for Linux systems.
```sh
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim
sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux64.tar.gz
```
After this step add this to `~/.bashrc`:
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/nvim-linux64/bin"
### AppImage ("universal" Linux package)
The [Releases](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) page provides an [AppImage](https://appimage.org) that runs on most Linux systems. No installation is needed, just download `nvim.appimage` and run it. (It might not work if your Linux distribution is more than 4 years old.)
@ -101,6 +115,15 @@ The [Releases](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) page provides an [AppI
chmod u+x nvim.appimage
./nvim.appimage
To expose nvim globally:
mkdir -p /opt/nvim
mv nvim.appimage /opt/nvim/nvim
And the following line to `~/.bashrc`:
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/nvim/"
If the `./nvim.appimage` command fails, try:
```sh
./nvim.appimage --appimage-extract
@ -111,7 +134,7 @@ sudo mv squashfs-root /
sudo ln -s /squashfs-root/AppRun /usr/bin/nvim
nvim
```
### Arch Linux
Neovim can be installed from the community repository: