Neovim flatpak version 0.5.0 don't work

Question

I had been starting to use elementary OS 6 lately (switched from Pop OS), I installed the flatpak of Neovim version 0.5.0 from flathub like I did successfully with other few apps and it doesn't work, I didn't succeed to find any tutorial or explain to that topic.

• I checked in the terminal with the command:

flatpak list

and saw that Neovim is appeared

• I also checked at ~/.var/app/io.neovim.nvim:

ls -lah ~/.var/app/io.neovim.nvim

tree ~/.var/app/io.neovim.nvim

Please, someone know what's the problem and how to fix it?

Answer 1

If the Neovim application is not starting, then there is likely a missing dependency that needs to be installed on your computer.

Here is how you can find out the problem:

0. Open Terminal (if it's not already open)

1. Check your syslog file for errors:

   sudo vi /var/log/syslog 
   

   ^{Note: Feel free to use a different editor. The use of vi here is more muscle memory than an explicit recommendation.}

   You can quickly scroll to the end of the file by pressing : followed by $.

2. Look for a message that reads:

   io.elementary.wingpanel.desktop[<pid>]: sh: 1: exec: xterm: not found 
   

   

3. Add the missing package via apt:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install xterm 
   

4. Launch Neovim as usual:

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