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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| VERSION=0.11.1 | |
| URL="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v0.11.1/nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage" | |
| TMP_FILE="/tmp/nvim.appimage" | |
| INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin" | |
| APPIMAGE_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/nvim" | |
| EXTRACT_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR}/nvim-dir" | |
| echo "[INFO] Installing Neovim ${VERSION}" | |
| echo "[INFO] Downloading..." | |
| curl -fL "$URL" -o "$TMP_FILE" | |
| echo "[INFO] Making AppImage executable..." | |
| chmod +x "$TMP_FILE" | |
| echo "[INFO] Installing to ${INSTALL_DIR} (requires sudo)..." | |
| sudo mv "$TMP_FILE" "$APPIMAGE_PATH" | |
| echo "[INFO] Extracting AppImage..." | |
| cd "$INSTALL_DIR" | |
| sudo rm -rf "$EXTRACT_DIR" | |
| sudo "$APPIMAGE_PATH" --appimage-extract > /dev/null | |
| sudo mv squashfs-root "$EXTRACT_DIR" | |
| echo "[INFO] Linking nvim binary..." | |
| sudo ln -sf "${EXTRACT_DIR}/AppRun" "$APPIMAGE_PATH" | |
| echo "[INFO] Verifying installation..." | |
| nvim --version | head -n 1 | |
| echo "[SUCCESS] Neovim ${VERSION} installed globally." |
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