How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "neovim" package

This tutorial shows how to install neovim on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall neovim on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: neovim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.2-8
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4714
Provides: editor
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.7.2-8), libc6 (>= 2.38), 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
Filename: pool/universe/n/neovim/neovim_0.7.2-8_amd64.deb
Size: 1901808
MD5sum: 99630c8c5d2165ba81ddbaccef5f34a8
SHA1: f9c81197ec4f0d86124d0fbdd4ca250340fc3297
SHA256: 024b4fed528b356726d9f5804ad399767cc875541f5bd71572725d113bb1a844
SHA512: f4e14f1ade8ce232e77214f483ef836ff8717eb6dc88d81ffb90e52ef9ffd6d8abf79036d1a1b1693e33e3cec82483bed7e565a7d1f56a4165fcdadc7f9d0f54
Homepage: https://neovim.io/
Description: heavily refactored vim fork
Description-md5: cc27d693d853e57070e8edb4f6132d4c