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    How to install, uninstall and upgrade Neovim

Via Neovim Release

Step to install

Chose Neovim version under Assets section (ex: NVIM v0.7.0)
Download nvim-macos.tar.gz
Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz
Run ./nvim-osx64/bin/nvim

Check current installed Neovim
~/nvim-linux64/bin/nvim -v

Set an alias for easy access
alias nvim='~/nvim-linux64/bin/nvim'

Now we can use nvim
nvim -v

Via Homebrew

Install
brew install neovim

Or install the development version of Nvim:
brew install --HEAD neovim

To update the development version of Nvim:
brew reinstall neovim

Use
nvim 


Note: the program name is nvim (not neovim)

In nvim, run :CheckHealth. It checks for common problems and best practices.