Latest neovim on raspberry pi

Installing neovim on a Raspberry Pi using apt typically results in an outdated version like 0.7.2. However, many modern setups like lazyvim require neovim >=0.9, making it essential to update.

This guide walks you through building and installing the latest version directly from the source.

Build & Install

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ssh <your-raspberry>
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sudo apt install git cmake
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cd ~/dev # or whereever you want
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git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git
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cd neovim
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# For more see https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/BUILD.md
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make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE
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# After a successful build, create a .deb package to install on your system.
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cd build
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cpack -G DEB
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# Either
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sudo dpkg -i nvim-linux64.deb
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# or if you have neovim installed already
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sudo apt remove neovim
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sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite nvim-linux64.deb

Verify installation

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$ nvim --version
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NVIM v0.11.0-dev-862+gdf915f3af
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Build type: Release
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LuaJIT 2.1.1724512491
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Run "nvim -V1 -v" for more info

You are done!

Additional

Make sure you also have the following tools installed:

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sudo apt install fd-find ripgrep python3-pip

Build & Install

Additional

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