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## Python
To use auto-completion and other features, you must install Python 3. The
easiest way to install Python 3 is via
[Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section). Make sure
that the output of `python --version` shows that Python 3.x is installed.
A lot of Neovim plugins are mainly written in Python. To use auto-completion
and other features, you must install Python 3. The easiest way to install is
via [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section). Make
sure that the output of `python --version` on the command line shows that
Python 3.x is installed.
## Pynvim
Neovim relies on [pynvim](https://github.com/neovim/pynvim) to communicate with
plugins which utilizes its Python binding. Pynvim is required by plugin such as
Deoplete.
[Deoplete](https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim).
## Jedi
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## Git
Git is used by plugin manager vim-plug to download plugins from GitHub or
Git is used by the plugin manager vim-plug to download plugins from GitHub or
other Git repositories.
Since Git is usually pre-installed on Linux and Mac, you do not need to worry
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```
To install it on Linux, you need to build it yourself. See
[here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/796408/installing-and-using-universal-ctags-instead-of-exuberant-ctags/836521#836521).
[here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/796408/installing-and-using-universal-ctags-instead-of-exuberant-ctags/836521#836521)
for the details.
Set its PATH properly and make sure you can call `ctags` from command line.
## Ripgrep
Ripgrep is fast grep tool available for both Linux, Windows and Mac. It is used
by several searching plugins.
[Ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep), aka, rg, is fast grep tool
available for both Linux, Windows and Mac. It is used by several searching
plugins.
For Windows and Mac, you can install it via chocolatey and homebrew. For Linux,
you can download from its [release
For Windows and Mac, you can install it via chocolatey and homebrew
respectively. For Linux, you can download the executable file from its [release
page](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases) and install it.
## Linters
A linter is a tool to check your code for possible issues or errors. Based on
your programming languages, you may need to install various linters.
A linter is a tool to check your code for possible style issues or errors.
Based on your programming languages, you may need to install various linters.
+ Python: [pylint](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint) and
[flake8](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8).
+ Python: [pylint](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint) and [flake8](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8).
+ Vim script: [vint](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint) (You may need to install
the pre-release versions because of [this issue](https://github.com/Kuniwak/vint/issues/290)).
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## Terminal emulators
Which [terminal emulator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator) you
are using greatly affects the appearance and functionalities of Neovim. Since
Neovim supports true colors, terminals which support true colors are
recommended. For a list of terminals which support true colors, see
choose to use greatly affects the appearance and functionalities of Neovim.
Since Neovim supports true colors, terminals which support true colors are
preferred. For a list of terminals which support true colors, see
[here](https://github.com/termstandard/colors).
For Mac, you can use [iterm2](https://www.iterm2.com/). If you connect to Linux
server on Windows, I recommend [wsltty](https://github.com/mintty/wsltty) and
For Mac, you can use [iterm2](https://www.iterm2.com/),
[kitty](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/) or
[Alacritty](https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty). If you connect to Linux server
on Windows, I recommend [wsltty](https://github.com/mintty/wsltty) and
[Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/), both of them use
[mintty](https://github.com/mintty/mintty) as the terminal emulator.
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to install [fonts here](https://github.com/powerline/fonts) to make vim-airline
look pretty. I am using
[Hack](https://github.com/powerline/fonts/tree/master/Hack), and it looks
great.
great. Another great resource for programming font is the
[nerd-font](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) project.
# How to Install Neovim
# Install Neovim
There are various ways to install Neovim based on your system.
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page](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/nightly).
For some Linux systems, you may not be able to run the appimage. You can
directly download the tar ball from
[here](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux64.tar.gz)
and extract it to run Neovim.
directly download the binary release from
[here](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-linux64.tar.gz) and extract it to run Neovim.
## Windows
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The Neovim that chocolatey installs may not the latest version. To keep
up-to-date with the latest features of Neovim, you may download the latest
release from GitHub and manually extract it.
[binary release](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/nightly/nvim-win64.zip)
from GitHub and manually extract it.
## Mac
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dependencies, Neovim itself and Nvim configs in this repo.
Note that the variable `PYTHON_INSTALLED`, `SYSTEM_PYTHON` and
`ADD_TO_SYSTEM_PATH` should be set properly based on your situation.
`ADD_TO_SYSTEM_PATH` in the script should be set properly based on your
environment.