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I had Neovim v0.4 installed via apt (on Ubuntu).
But then I saw there is a newer version and tried to install it following instructions here.
Now if I use
./nvim.appimage
from ~/.config/nvim folder, the newest version is run, but if I use
nvim
old version will run.
And if I try to update to newest using apt-get install neovim, I'll get
neovim is already the newest version (0.4.4-1).
Why is this happening and how do I open the latest version directly?
run the following from the folder where you downloaded nvim.appimage
sudo cp ./nvim.appimage /usr/local/bin/nvim
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/nvim
the reason ubuntu doesn't execute the newest version if you enter nvim is that
nvim.appimage is not in a directory in $PATH.
Whenever you enter a command the shell goes through a list of folders to find the program. If it finds it in a directory it stops searching, which in your case is /usr/bin/nvim.
/usr/local/bin is also in $PATH, but takes precedence over /usr/bin, so by moving nvim.appimage there you make your shell execute that file instead of the ubuntu provided neovim version.
hash -rin your shell, or starting a new one. Then checkwhich -a nvim/command -v nvim. (Basically: shells cache paths. But this may not be the problem if the installation didn't put links or binaries in the expected places.)