My personal Neovim configuration.

Installation

Install Neovim

To download the latest stable version of Neovim, visit the Neovim releases page.

Install External Dependencies

NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)

External Requirements:

• Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
• ripgrep
• fd
• A Nerd Font: optional, provides various icons

NOTE See Windows Installation to double check any additional Windows notes

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

Otherwise run :echo stdpath('config') in Neovim to find the correct path

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim, ~/.config/nvim
Windows (cmd)	%userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\
Windows (powershell)	$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Install configuration

Make sure you checked the Backup section before proceeding

Clone this repository into your Neovim config directory:

git clone https://github.com/m-krebs/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

If you just want to try the configuration, then use this temporary docker container:

docker run -w /root -it --rm alpine:edge sh -uelic '
  apk add git neovim ripgrep fd alpine-sdk --update
  git clone https://github.com/m-krebs/nvim ~/.config/nvim
  cd ~/.config/nvim
  nvim
'

Post Installation

Start Neovim

nvim

Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status.

FAQ

• What should I do if I already have a pre-existing neovim configuration?
  • You should back it up, then delete all files associated with it.
  • This includes your existing init.lua and the neovim files in ~/.local which can be deleted with rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/

Windows Installation

Installation may require installing build tools, and updating the run command for telescope-fzf-native

See telescope-fzf-native documentation for more details

This requires:

• Install CMake, and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools on Windows

{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }

Alternatively one can install gcc and make which don't require changing the config, the easiest way is to use choco:

1. install chocolatey either follow the instructions on the page or use winget, run in cmd as admin:

winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey

2. install all requirements using choco, exit previous cmd and open a new one so that choco path is set, run in cmd as admin:

choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make

After that you can follow the [Installinstallation) section.