Neovim安装备忘

以下均在Ubuntu 22.04进行。

Prerequisites

sudo apt-get install ninja-build gettext cmake unzip curl

git clone Neovim repo

git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim\
cd neovim

# Optional stable version
# git checkout stable

# Optional download & build 3rd-party dependencies
# make deps

Download & build，Release/RelWithDebInfo/Debug

make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

Check type

./build/bin/nvim --version | grep ^Build

Global installation into /usr/local

sudo make install

Or a specific location

make CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/local/nvim install

For updating, run the following commands and repeat the above (not verified)

make distclean

For uninstallation, run the follwing

make distclean\
sudo make uninstall

另：Linux根目录的/usr目录意思是Unix System Resources，一般安装预装软件。 用户软件一般安装在$HOME，为所有用户安装位置在/usr/local（即上）。

又另：/sbin的意思是“super users才能用的/bin”