dablenparty.nvim

Install Neovim

I recommend installing from Homebrew on most distributions, it usually has the most recent stable version. pacman will also work in place of Homebrew.

Nightly

There is also a nightly version, although it must be compiled from source. This can be done manually, but I recommend using a package manager like Homebrew or an AUR helper. For example, using Homebrew:

brew install neovim --HEAD

Another example using yay:

yay -S neovim-git

Install External Dependencies

IMPORTANT!! Before you install anything, make sure you have a Nerd Font. At the time of writing, I use JetBrains Mono.

Package Managers

• macOS/Linux: Homebrew or pacman
• Windows: winget and Chocolatey (see below)

Command Line Utilities

• Basic utils: git, unzip
• Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on platform)
  • Used to sync clipbord with neovim
  • Wayland needs wl-clipboard
• CMake or make
• fd
• gcc
  • Any C compiler will technically work, but most of my work is done on macOS and Linux, so it's easier for me to just install gcc on Windows.
• NodeJS, NPM, and Yarn (use a version manager like fnm)
  • npm i -g yarn
  • Although very few of them actually specify this, NPM is needed to install most language servers.
• ripgrep
• rustup with nightly toolchain
  • rustup toolchain install nightly
  • For building blink.cmp from source

Native Windows Installation

Choosing to use gcc and make won't require changing the config to work on Windows. The easiest way is to use choco:

1. install chocolatey; either follow the instructions on the page or use winget as admin:

winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey

2. install all requirements using choco, exit previous terminal and open a new one so that choco path is set, and run the following as admin:

choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make