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Installation on Linux

L.E.R edited this page May 3, 2017 · 17 revisions

Prerequisites

0. Font!

Install Knack Nerd Font Mono, a patched Hack font from here (click to download).

To make sure you have the font installed, run fc-list | grep "Knack", and you should see the path of the Knack font. If not, try fc-cache to refresh the font cache.

1. Packages

Currently EverVim needs the following packages to work on Linux.

  • git
  • curl
  • python3 & pip
  • exuberant-ctags (or universal ctags)

Additionally, YouCompleteMe requires some extra packages:

  • cmake
  • gcc
> Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Ubuntu derivatives
sudo apt install -y git curl python3-pip exuberant-ctags cmake gcc g++
> ArchLinux, Manjaro and other Arch derivatives
sudo pacman -S git python-pip ctags cmake gcc-multilib

> Solus

sudo eopkg install -c system.devel
sudo eopkg install git python3 pip

Installation

2. Clone the repo to ~/.EverVim

git clone https://github.com/LER0ever/EverVim ~/.EverVim

3. Run the installation script

cd ~/.EverVim
sh Boot-EverVim.sh

after the script finished

4.Install the plugins

The terminal way ...
nvim +PlugInstall
# or vim +PlugInstall
or The GUI way
  • Open you Vim GUI: GVim, neovim-qt, nvim-gtk
  • Type :PlugInstall, hit enter
  • Wait for the plugin installation to finish

5. And you're all set

Restart vim and