10 mo. ago • 91%

how do i install the latest version of neovim (for nvchad) linux mint

hi all, i tried installing through apt and got an older 0.6.4 and i tried installing through an appimage but for some reason nvchad didnt accept it. also what is nerdfonts and is that the default for linux mint? been at this for an hour and am very confused

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i've installed neovim with nix package manager on mint.

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I use bob. It's a version manager for Neovim.

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- Hi Bob.
  
  Sorry I had to do this reference from "For All Mankind"
  
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I'm a heavy neovim user, also using Linux mint. I use the app image from the GitHub release page. Sure it means having it not automated, but that's fine with me.

Basically download the appimage, make it executable with chmod +x and move it to a location in your PATH, line ~/.local/bin/nvim (nvim being the name of the file, add that to your path. Another popular location might be /usr/local/bin/nvim). Afterwards, you can just use nvim in your terminal.

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- does that work for flatpak and does nvchad work on the flatpak? can you test both to see if they work before you confirm cause yk how to do this stuff better than me. if nvchad doesnt work on flatpak, i'll try this! also how do i add those directories to path and how do i use the chmod command. getting used to this apologies!
  
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  chmod is a command line tool for changing permission and mode flags on a file. chmod +x modifies a file to be allowed to be executed. You can use it by typing chmod +x followed by a filename into your terminal.
  
  PATH usually refers to an environment variable that stores paths to common executable files. When you type a command into your terminal, Linux will search that environment variable to check if the program you want to execute is mentioned there. Adding nvim to that environment variable is like adding a shortcut to your terminal that allows you to call nvim, no matter what the current context of your terminal is, and without having to remember the full path of where nvim is stored. Here is a discussion about how to add something to your path variable.
  
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My man, I just installed Mint and nvchad was on my list.

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- what list
  
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  of what to install after distro hoping
  
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I've generally just been compiling from source. Sometimes in a docker container.

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- flathub is old, also nvchad wont work with it (or at least idk how. same with doom emacs for emacs)
  
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  No, flathub has the latest version (0.95), as you can see on the project's Github page (0.95): https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases
  
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distrobox with Fedora or Arch

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Try installing it with nix

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- how
  
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  This blog should help you with the installation and how to use, also if you need more in depth info there is this guide as well
  
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Throw it in an arch distrobox and export it

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Options:

Use bob version manager

Add the ppa

Use Nix Package Manager (Don't go down the Nix rabbit hole unless you really want to)
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- are ppas permanent? does my system scan for those addresses every update?
  
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  AFAIK, if you install via the ppa, then it will update neovim when you apt update
  
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There's a PPA for neovim, currently at 0.7.x : https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/stable Oh, sorry, I see NvChad wants 0.9.4 and Nerdfonts (Though not a hard requirement : https://docs.rockylinux.org/books/nvchad/nerd_fonts/).

https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/unstable -> 0.10.x

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- That's by far not the latest version. The current prerelease is on v0.10
  
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- what is nerdfonts and dies linux mimt have it
  
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  According to that article mentioned in my earlier comment you won't need the nerdfonts.
  
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- whats a ppa and why does it take so long for apt to update its stuff
  
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  Ubuntu uses LTS with five year support, which is why they like to keep a lot of software versions back. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu I think. PPA is something you can add to Ubuntu or Ubuntu based Linux distributions to have newer or specific software repositories as extra on your system. Here's a guide on PPA : https://itsfoss.com/ppa-guide/
  
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