my-nvim-config

Github: https://github.com/kevinliao852/my-nvim-config

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Instructions

Follow the step-by-step instructions to set up this neovim config on your machine.

These steps are tested on Ubuntu 20.04.6.

Set up Neovim

Install binary

Visit Neovim's release, and choose a tag, e.g., v0.9.1, then run the following commands:

wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v0.9.1/nvim-linux64.tar.gz
tar xzvf nvim-linux64.tar.gz
mv nvim-linux64 /usr/local/
echo 'PATH=/usr/local/nvim-linux64/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
nvim --version

Expected output:

NVIM v0.9.1
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/__w/neovim/neovim/build/nvim.AppDir/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

Reference: Building Neovim

Build prerequisites

The steps illustrated here are only for Ubuntu/Debian. For other platforms, refer to this.

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt-get install ninja-build gettext cmake unzip curl

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S neovim

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim
cd neovim && make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
sudo make install

Type nvim --version in the terminal to verify the neovim is installed:

NVIM v0.10.0-dev-400+ge41b2e34b
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compilation: /usr/bin/cc -O2 -g -Og -g -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wvla -Wdouble-promotion -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wmissing-prototypes -fno-common -Wno-unused-result -Wimplicit-fallthrough -fdiagnostics-color=always -fstack-protector-strong -DUNIT_TESTING -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNVIM_TS_HAS_SET_MAX_START_DEPTH -I/root/neovim/.deps/usr/include/luajit-2.1 -I/usr/include -I/root/neovim/.deps/usr/include -I/root/neovim/build/src/nvim/auto -I/root/neovim/build/include -I/root/neovim/build/cmake.config -I/root/neovim/src

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

For convenience, add the commands to ~/.bashrc by running the following in your terminal:

echo "alias v=nvim" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

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Set up Packer

Reference: packer.nvim

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\
 ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim

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Set up Config

Reference: my-nvim-config

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kevinliao852/my-nvim-config.git ~/.config/nvim/

Type v in the command line to enter into the Neovim, then type :PackerInstall, and wait a few minutes to have packages installed.

Other dependencies:

C/C++:

sudo apt install clangd clang-format
pip install cpplint

JavaScript/TypeScript:

npm install -g typescript
npm install -g typescript-language-server

Go:

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin latest
go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

Python:

pip install black pylint pyright

Tailwind CSS:

npm install -g tailwindcss-language-server