Based on kickstart.nvim A starting point for Neovim that is:

• Small
• Single-file
• Completely Documented

install the latest 'stable' or 'nightly' version of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons
  • if you have it set vim.g.have_nerd_font in init.lua to true
• Language Setup:
  • If want to write Javascript, you need npm
  • If want to write Golang, you will need go
  • etc.

NOTE See Install Recipes for additional Windows and Linux specific notes and quick install snippets

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

Fork this repo so that you have your own copy that you can modify, then install by cloning the fork to your machine using one of the commands below, depending on your OS.

git clone https://github.com/jmeyering/nvim-config "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

git clone https://github.com/jmeyering/nvim-config.git %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\

git clone https://github.com/jmeyering/nvim-config.git $env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Start Neovim

nvim

That's it! Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status. Hit q to close the window.

Read through the init.lua file in your configuration folder for more information about extending and exploring Neovim. That also includes examples of adding popularly requested plugins.

Below you can find OS specific install instructions for Neovim and dependencies.

After installing all the dependencies continue with the Install Kickstart step.

{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }

winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey

choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make

wsl --install
wsl
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim

sudo apt update
sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip curl

# Now we install nvim
curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo mkdir -p /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo chmod a+rX /opt/nvim-linux64
sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux64.tar.gz

# make it available in /usr/local/bin, distro installs to /usr/bin
sudo ln -sf /opt/nvim-linux64/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/

sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find unzip neovim

sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd unzip neovim