Install neovim on Amazon Linux 2023

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Build & Install neovim

AL2023 doesn't have a distribution for neovim, so you need to build it from source - for more info see here.

Install prerequisites:

sudo yum -y install ninja-build cmake gcc make unzip gettext curl git --allowerasing

Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim

Build from source:

cd neovim && git checkout stable && make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

Install:

sudo make install

Setup plugins w/ Packer

We are going to use Packer to manage the plugins and use Lua configs.

Create the following folder structure:

~/.config/
└── nvim/
    ├── init.lua
    └── lua
        └── plugins.lua

Using:

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/lua \
  && touch ~/.config/nvim/init.lua \
  && touch ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua

Next, open the ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua file and replace its content with:

local fn = vim.fn

-- Automatically install packer
local install_path = fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim"
if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
	PACKER_BOOTSTRAP = fn.system({
		"git",
		"clone",
		"--depth",
		"1",
		"https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim",
		install_path,
	})
	print("Installing packer close and reopen Neovim...")
	vim.cmd([[packadd packer.nvim]])
end

-- Autocommand that reloads neovim whenever you save the plugins.lua file
vim.cmd([[
  augroup packer_user_config
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source <afile> | PackerSync
  augroup end
]])

-- Use a protected call so we don't error out on first use
local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, "packer")
if not status_ok then
	return
end

-- Have packer use a popup window
packer.init({
	display = {
		open_fn = function()
			return require("packer.util").float({ border = "rounded" })
		end,
	},
})

-- Install your plugins here
return packer.startup(function(use)
	use ("wbthomason/packer.nvim") -- Have packer manage itself	

  -- Your other plugins go here

	if PACKER_BOOTSTRAP then
		require("packer").sync()
	end
end)

Then, open the ~/.config/nvim/init.lua file and add the following line at the top of the file:

require("plugins")

Finally, open the plugins.lua file again (``nvim ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua) and then save with :w`, this will prompt packer to install the plugins listed in the file.

Install plugins