From 5027f012d49b408c39103b317cd7a086663b38ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "M.Schirmer" <fain.marcel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 12:43:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix ci runner to not use snapd

---
 .gitea/workflows/tests.yml | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
index 55fa79c..cf05e9a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Neovim
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y snapd
-          sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
-          sudo systemctl start snapd
-          sudo snap wait system seed.loaded
-          sudo snap install nvim --classic
+          sudo apt-get install -y curl xz-utils
+          ARCH=$(uname -m)
+          if [ "$ARCH" = "aarch64" ]; then
+            APPIMAGE="nvim-linux-arm64.appimage"
+          else
+            APPIMAGE="nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage"
+          fi
+          curl -L -o "$APPIMAGE" "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/$APPIMAGE"
+          chmod +x "$APPIMAGE"
+          "./$APPIMAGE" --appimage-extract
+          sudo mv squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/nvim
 
       - name: Install plenary.nvim
         run: |