How To Install neovim-qt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neovim-qt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neovim-qt
neovim-qt is:
neovim-qt provides a Qt5 GUI interface for neovim
There are three methods to install neovim-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install neovim-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neovim-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neovim-qt
Install neovim-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neovim-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neovim-qt
Install neovim-qt Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install neovim-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neovim-qt
How To Uninstall neovim-qt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neovim-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neovim-qt
Uninstall neovim-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neovim-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neovim-qt
Remove neovim-qt Configurations and Data
To remove neovim-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neovim-qt
Remove neovim-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neovim-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neovim-qt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neovim-qt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
