neovim-build-debian.sh

# neovim build dependencies
sudo apt-get build-dep neovim -t unstable

# Build tools
sudo apt install build-essential libtool libtool-bin devscripts

# git source
git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git
cd neovim
# Checkout latest tag 
git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)  # v0.8.1

make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
     CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local"
make install    # should suffice if you don't need a .deb package

# ✂┅┅┅ Debian Packaging Acticities ┅┅┅✂

# neovim debian sources
sudo apt-get source neovim -t unstable

# debuild using debian/rules from an older package
cd ..
rsync -avP neovim-*/debian/ neovim/debian/

cd neovim
edit debian/changelog  # Add section for new tag (e.g. v0.8.1-1) at top

DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='nocheck notest' TEST_SKIP_FRAGILE=1 \
  debuild -b -uc -us   # This compiles neovim but tests fail

exit

# References
# - https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial

neovim-install.sh

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start

cd !:$
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim

cd ~/.config/nvim

$ cat init.lua
require("bundle")

$ cat lua/bundle/init.lua
require("bundle.packer")

$ cat lua/bundle/packer.lua
-- This file can be loaded by calling `lua require('plugins')` from your init.vim

-- Only required if you have packer configured as `opt`
vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]

return require('packer').startup(function(use)
  -- Packer can manage itself
  use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim'
end)

nvim -c ':PackerUpdate'

Issues Encountered

• test failures: # 4 tests fail. Needed to use DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='nocheck'
• dh_install --fail-missing # fails because build artefacts are generated that would not be packaged
  • used --list-missing instead
• update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/nvim doesn't exist
  dpkg: error processing package neovim (--configure):
  installed neovim package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2