How to install the latest release of NeoVim in your Ubuntu system (it also works...

How to install the latest release of NeoVim in your Ubuntu system (it also works if you're using WSL 2) · GitHub

Remove neovim if you have it in your system

sudo apt remove --purge neovim
sudo apt autoremove

Download nvim.appimage

cd ~
wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v0.4.4/nvim.appimage

Move the file and flag it as runnable

sudo mv nvim.appimage /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nvim.appimage

Set the command vi, vim and ex to run neovim

CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH=/usr/local/bin/nvim.appimage
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/ex v "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vi vi "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vim vim "${CUSTOM_NVIM_PATH}" 110

Enable neovim clipboard (WSL Only)

Download win32yank.exe within Windows. Choose any path you want. I use C:\Users<user>\win32yank.exe

Run this command:

# Copy/Paste/Cut
# WSL support: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/FAQ#how-to-use-the-windows-clipboard-from-wsl
# Actually neovim looks for win32yank.exe executable for handling clipboard so we only need symlink that so that it can be accessed on linux
# see: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim#L115

sudo ln -s "/mnt/c/path/to/win32yank.exe" "/usr/local/bin/win32yank.exe"