From 3b487973aeefa6f809394c2ca6a948c1881c05de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Patti <feoh@feoh.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 01:08:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] These platform/OS specific install steps are hugely
 inaccurate across a number of axes. The official Neovim installation docs are
 excellent now. Leverage those instead.

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 README.md | 86 ++-----------------------------------------------------
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@@ -149,90 +149,8 @@ examples of adding popularly requested plugins.
 
 ### Install Recipes
 
-Below you can find OS specific install instructions for Neovim and dependencies.
+Please follow the official [installation instructions on the Neovim
+web site](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
 
 After installing all the dependencies continue with the [Install Kickstart](#Install-Kickstart) step.
 
-#### Windows Installation
-
-<details><summary>Windows with Microsoft C++ Build Tools and CMake</summary>
-Installation may require installing build tools and updating the run command for `telescope-fzf-native`
-
-See `telescope-fzf-native` documentation for [more details](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim#installation)
-
-This requires:
-
-- Install CMake and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools on Windows
-
-```lua
-{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }
-```
-</details>
-<details><summary>Windows with gcc/make using chocolatey</summary>
-Alternatively, one can install gcc and make which don't require changing the config,
-the easiest way is to use choco:
-
-1. install [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install)
-either follow the instructions on the page or use winget,
-run in cmd as **admin**:
-```
-winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey
-```
-
-2. install all requirements using choco, exit the previous cmd and
-open a new one so that choco path is set, and run in cmd as **admin**:
-```
-choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make
-```
-</details>
-<details><summary>WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)</summary>
-
-```
-wsl --install
-wsl
-sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim
-```
-</details>
-
-#### Linux Install
-<details><summary>Ubuntu Install Steps</summary>
-
-```
-sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim
-```
-</details>
-<details><summary>Debian Install Steps</summary>
-
-```
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip curl
-
-# Now we install nvim
-curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64
-sudo mkdir -p /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64
-sudo chmod a+rX /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64
-sudo tar -C /opt -xzf nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-
-# make it available in /usr/local/bin, distro installs to /usr/bin
-sudo ln -sf /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/
-```
-</details>
-<details><summary>Fedora Install Steps</summary>
-
-```
-sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find unzip neovim
-```
-</details>
-
-<details><summary>Arch Install Steps</summary>
-
-```
-sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd unzip neovim
-```
-</details>
-