Neovim

This guide will help you install Neovim and plugins that I use. I frequently work with terminals and I find Vim really helpful when editing code and text without needing a GUI. However, I didn’t have the time and motivation to learn VimScript, but then I heard about Neovim. I have some experience with Lua so I thought that I might give it a try, and this is the result. Note that I am not an experienced Neovim (and Lua) user so expect that there will be occasional bugs.

Platform Compatibility

This setup has been tested on the following platforms:

• Arch Linux
• Fedora Workstation 39/40/41/42
• Kali Linux WSL
• Fedora Linux 42 WSL
• Linux Mint 21
• Termux Android Terminal Emulator

Requirements

• Neovim v0.11.2+
• Git
• gcc or clang
• make
• NodeJS
• Tree-sitter
• composer (Optional; only needed for PHP LSPs and linters)
• .NET SDK (Optional; only needed for omnisharp LSP.)

Installation

Automatic Customization Guide

1. Install the requirements.
2. Run the installer.
   • Using curl:

     bash <(curl -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Chris1320/SetupGuides-Neovim/main/install)

   • Using wget:

     bash <(wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Chris1320/SetupGuides-Neovim/main/install)

3. Run nvim and wait for Lazy to install the plugins.
4. Check for errors by running :checkhealth.

Manual Customization Guide

1. Install the requirements.

2. Clone the repository.

   git clone https://github.com/Chris1320/SetupGuides-Neovim.git

3. Copy the contents of src/ to your ~/.config/nvim/. The directory must look like this:

   $ tree ~/.config/nvim/
    
   /home/<user>/.config/nvim/
   ├── init.lua
   └── lua
       ├── config
       │   ├── autocmds.lua
       │   ├── keymaps.lua
       │   ├── lazy.lua
       │   ├── misc.lua
       │   ├── options.lua
       │   └── vars.lua
       └── plugins
           └── <plugin-name>.lua
    
   4 directories, 33 files

4. Run nvim. lazy.nvim will now update, install, and compile the plugins.

5. To check if everything is installed correctly, enter :checkhealth.