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- To build on Windows, see the [Building on Windows](#building-on-windows) section. _MSVC (Visual Studio) is recommended._
4. `sudo make install`
- Default install location is `/usr/local`
+ - On Debian/Ubuntu, instead of `sudo make install`, you can try `cd build && cpack -G DEB && sudo dpkg -i nvim-linux64.deb` to build DEB-package and install it. This helps ensure clean removal of installed files. Note: This is an unsupported, "best-effort" feature of the Nvim build.
**Notes**:
- From the repository's root directory, running `make` will download and build all the needed dependencies and put the `nvim` executable in `build/bin`.