Last Updated on March 27, 2023 by mishou

I. What is Bob?

Bob is a cross-platform and easy-to-use Neovim version manager, allowing for easy switching between versions right from the command line.

https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob

II. Installation

Build prerequisites

rustup

Refer to https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

CMake

Refer to How to install CMake on Ubuntu

Git

Clang

If you are on Ubuntu, refer to How to install clang on Ubunut?

Installing Bob with cargo

Run the following in the terminal:

cargo install --git https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob.git

You can learn other way to install Bob here:

https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob

III. How to use Bob

Install 0.8.0

bob install 0.8.0

Use 0.8.0

bob use 0.8.0

Show a list of versions

bob ls

Open Neovim

~/.local/share/bob/nvim-bin/nvim

To be continued.