From c1634b1f8bbc27d494bad24e99b7a1baf80ad716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Irle Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:02:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Neovim nightly install instructions for MacOS. --- docs/getting_started.md | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md index 1f8bcbf..b351120 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started.md +++ b/docs/getting_started.md @@ -86,7 +86,26 @@ available on the [AUR](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository ### On MacOS -If you use MacOS, please help by posting the steps to install Neovim Nightly here! +Neovim nightly can be installed with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) with the following command. + +`brew install --HEAD neovim` + +If you already have Neovim v4 installed you may need to unlink it. + +``` +brew unlink neovim +brew install neovim --HEAD +nvim --version +``` + +MacPorts currently only has Neovim v4.4 + +You can also download a prebuilt binary from the [Neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases) releases page. + +1. Download nvim-macos.tar.gz +2. Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz +3. Run ./nvim-osx64/bin/nvim + ### On Windows