Neovim - Elixir Setup Configuration from Scratch Guide

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I would suggest not just using lazy package manager but the LazyVim distro.

LazyVim is by the far the cleanest and well structured nvim distro I have used. I have used a number of distros including bootstrapping nvim from scratch. LazyNvim is not intrusive, its transparent and very easy to get started and customise however you want.

One of the great features of LazyNvim that it has working Elixir language support out of the box.

I use asdf to ensure I have a very recent stable version of nvim and recommend asdf as the way to go for installing and managing versions of Erlang/OTP, node etc too.

The Elixir plugin is described here, along with all the plugin defaults it enables:

One you have followed the easy peasy LazyVim installation, just add a single elixir plugin “lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.elixir” to lua/config/lazy.lua and you’re cooking with gas:

require("lazy").setup({
  spec = {
    { "LazyVim/LazyVim", import = "lazyvim.plugins" },
    { import = "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.elixir" },
    { import = "plugins" },
  },
})
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