mt - 1 sudo apt install neovim Python ( :python ) support seems to be automatically installed sudo apt install python-neovim sudo apt install python3-neovim Since 18.04 via PPA Neovim has been added to a "Personal Package Archive" (PPA). This allows you to install it with apt-get . Follow the links to the PPAs to see which versions of Ubuntu are currently available via the PPA. Choose stable or unstable : https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/ stable (Bionic Beaver 18.04 or newer only). https://launchpad.net/~neovim-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/ unstable Important: those PPA have dropped support for Xenial 16.04 and older. To be able to use add-apt-repository you may need to install software-properties-common: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common If you're using an older version Ubuntu you must use: sudo apt-get install python-software-properties Run the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/stable sudo apt-get update