How to Install and Uninstall neovim Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "neovim" package

This tutorial shows how to install neovim on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: neovim
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.3-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3433
Provides: editor
Depends: neovim-runtime (= 0.4.3-3), 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 (>= 1.30.1-1)
Recommends: python3-neovim, xclip | xsel, xxd
Suggests: ctags, vim-scripts
Filename: pool/universe/n/neovim/neovim_0.4.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1323016
MD5sum: 24df033864ca4e52d0e7f3c65177636b
SHA1: 90fe6bfe06bdbc11940b5db9717d43ad76c34937
SHA256: a500faca8c6a4c222d2a02b0a7d75389b27093454d88034c1c1ed454f1199357
Homepage: https://neovim.io/
Description: heavily refactored vim fork
Description-md5: cc27d693d853e57070e8edb4f6132d4c