How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "neovim" package

This is a short guide on how to install neovim on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: neovim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4450
Provides: editor
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.6.1-3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg), libmsgpackc2 (>= 2.1.0), libtermkey1 (>= 0.19), libtree-sitter0 (>= 0.20.0), libunibilium4 (>= 2.0), libuv1 (>= 1.30.1), libvterm0 (>= 0.1), lua-luv (>= 1.36.0-0)
Recommends: python3-neovim, xclip | xsel, xxd
Suggests: ctags, vim-scripts
Filename: pool/universe/n/neovim/neovim_0.6.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1813554
MD5sum: 9a55b269200f96c7a8f3b63f1c64626d
SHA1: 2d830e6ab247ae169a4142906af21537ebf3f9b0
SHA256: e4caa2b14b4488fe68dd097e0b8c09ec1b3a22169f9c1720138ed20ca304a122
SHA512: bb4afefdc488d9459421373d1a7d1edc21c30f6be0a9222a589330e500aac668db521db0a3332fb0189c66bfa60304968e19384c185b5b27fe30476cd05b212c
Homepage: https://neovim.io/
Description: heavily refactored vim fork
Description-md5: cc27d693d853e57070e8edb4f6132d4c