How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "neovim" package

This is a short guide on how to install neovim on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall neovim on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: neovim
Version: 0.4.4-1
Installed-Size: 3836
Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: editor
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.4.4-1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg), libmsgpackc2 (>= 2.1.0), libtermkey1 (>= 0.19), libunibilium4 (>= 2.0), libuv1 (>= 1.20.2), libvterm0 (>= 0.1), lua-luv (>= 1.36.0-0)
Recommends: python3-neovim, xclip | xsel, 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_0.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1491908
MD5sum: 3209515d4962a99d265c05e0b0172f17
SHA256: 378276ed3563158293b477f128ff0e28666ec3295b70b82bc6ab01349ec693fe