How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: September 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the neovim on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "neovim" package

Please follow the instructions below to install neovim on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                neovim
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "neovim" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall neovim on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                neovim
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the neovim package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: neovim
Version: 0.7.2-7
Installed-Size: 4680
Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.7.2-7), libc6 (>= 2.34), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg) | libluajit2-5.1-2 (>= 2.1~), libmsgpackc2 (>= 2.1.0), libtermkey1 (>= 0.19), libtree-sitter0 (>= 0.20.2), libunibilium4 (>= 2.0), libuv1 (>= 1.30.1), libvterm0 (>= 0.1), lua-luv (>= 1.44.2-0)
Recommends: python3-pynvim, xclip | xsel | wl-clipboard, xxd
Suggests: ctags, vim-scripts
Description: heavily refactored vim fork
Description-md5: cc27d693d853e57070e8edb4f6132d4c
Homepage: https://neovim.io/
Section: editors
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/neovim/neovim_0.7.2-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1778988
MD5sum: be5d708410fc35188f3c07f6c239a7b5
SHA256: b1b76134e6d36e4d433c23a9e3639f8041dbb808185cbe3f0f3cbe09d788d211