How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "neovim" package

This guide let you learn how to install neovim on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall neovim on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: neovim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.2-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2890
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.2.2-3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libjemalloc1 (>= 2.1.1), libluajit-5.1-2 (>= 2.0.4+dfsg), libmsgpackc2 (>= 2.1.0), libtermkey1 (>= 0.19), libunibilium4 (>= 2.0), libuv1 (>= 1.8.0), libvterm0 (>= 0~bzr635)
Recommends: python-neovim, python3-neovim, xsel | xclip, xxd
Suggests: ctags, vim-scripts
Filename: pool/universe/n/neovim/neovim_0.2.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1056316
MD5sum: a4089881135df3949b2500b958a26170
SHA1: d7263fb698d3e7fc2e3aea4913fceb0d25f719b2
SHA256: 6085492b67cbb5910a32bed4c4c616f50465800502552b587385773151855587
Homepage: https://neovim.io/
Description: heavily refactored vim fork
Description-md5: cc27d693d853e57070e8edb4f6132d4c