How to install the latest release of NeoVim in your Ubuntu system (it also works if you're using WSL 2)

install-nvim.appimage.md

Remove neovim if you have it in your system

sudo apt remove --purge neovim
sudo apt autoremove

Download nvim.appimage

cd ~
wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v0.4.4/nvim.appimage

Move the file and flag it as runnable

sudo mv nvim.appimage /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nvim.appimage

Set the command vi, vim and ex to run neovim

CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH=/usr/local/bin/nvim.appimage
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/ex v "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vim vim "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110

Enable neovim clipboard (WSL Only)

Download win32yank.exe within Windows. Choose any path you want. I use C:\Users<user>\win32yank.exe

Run this command:

# Copy/Paste/Cut
# WSL support: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/FAQ#how-to-use-the-windows-clipboard-from-wsl
# Actually neovim looks for win32yank.exe executable for handling clipboard so we only need symlink that so that it can be accessed on linux
# see: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim#L115

sudo ln -s "/mnt/c/path/to/win32yank.exe" "/usr/local/bin/win32yank.exe"

what is ${CUSTOME _NVIM_PATH}? the path to the appimage? or to my .config/nvim?

I keep getting nvim not found as an error :(

what

Nice one. You could also add 'view' alternative as it is, I believe, set by regular vim package by default too.