1. Install Neovim:

   sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
   
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install neovim
   

2. Use ~/.vimrc as config:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim
   ln -s ~/.vimrc ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
   

3. Create folders for swap etc.: mkdir -p ~/.vim/{backup,swap,undo}

4. Install vim-plug:

   curl -fLo ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
   

5. Install plugins: :PlugInstall (run in Neovim)

6. Install xclip, to be able to copy from Neovim to system clipboard: apt-get install xclip

7. Install fzf for fuzzy search

Basics, Whitespace and Searching sections are based on Mislav Marohnić's Vim: revisited article.