How To Install neovim on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neovim
on CentOS 7.
What is neovim
Neovim is a refactor - and sometimes redactor - in the tradition of Vim, which itself derives from Stevie. It is not a rewrite, but a continuation and extension of Vim. Many rewrites, clones, emulators and imitators exist; some are very clever, but none are Vim. Neovim strives to be a superset of Vim, notwithstanding some intentionally removed misfeatures; excepting those few and carefully-considered excisions, Neovim is Vim. It is built for users who want the good parts of Vim, without compromise, and more.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install neovim
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install neovim.
Install neovim on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install neovim
using yum
by running the following command:
Install neovim on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install neovim
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall neovim on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the neovim
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neovim
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.