I need help with setup, not sure what I've done wrong

[HappyYoyo09]

I'm trying to follow this tutorial, but it seems the setup process has changed. i'm trying to follow the structured (two file's) approach, and it's confusing me, it alternates between not working, and loading the theme, but claiming to fail in cloning the repository.

this is the error i get when loading nvim

Error detected while processing /home/deck/.config/nvim/init.lua:
E5113: Error while calling lua chunk: /home/deck/.config/nvim/init.lua:2: attempt to call global 'Require' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        /home/deck/.config/nvim/init.lua:2: in main chunk
Press ENTER or type command to continue

this is my init.lua file

-- this file is run on every startup of nvim.
Require("config.lazy") --for lazy loader

vim.cmd("set clipboard+=unnamedplus")

this is my config file

-- Bootstrap lazy.nvim
local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
if not (vim.uv or vim.loop).fs_stat(lazypath) then
  local lazyrepo = "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git"
  local out = vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "--branch=stable", lazyrepo, lazypath })
  if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
    vim.api.nvim_echo({
      { "Failed to clone lazy.nvim:\n", "ErrorMsg" },
      { out, "WarningMsg" },
      { "\nPress any key to exit..." },
    }, true, {})
    vim.fn.getchar()
    os.exit(1)
  end
end
vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)

-- Make sure to setup `mapleader` and `maplocalleader` before
-- loading lazy.nvim so that mappings are correct.
-- This is also a good place to setup other settings (vim.opt)
vim.g.mapleader = " "
vim.g.maplocalleader = "\\"

-- Setup lazy.nvim
require("lazy").setup({
  spec = {
    -- import your plugins
    { import = "plugins" },
    --the following are two lua tables meant to install the "catppuccin" theme.
    --the first is spelt incorrectly, and sort of works.
    --the second is spelt correctly, and doesn't work.
    --wtf
    { "catppucin/nvim", name = "catppucin", priority = 1000 }
    --{ "catppuccin/nvim", name = "catppuccin", priority = 1000 }
  },
  -- Configure any other settings here. See the documentation for more details.
  -- colorscheme that will be used when installing plugins.
  install = { colorscheme = { "habamax" } },
  -- automatically check for plugin updates
  checker = { enabled = true },
})

[HappyYoyo09]

there was also some weird behaviour where it would load the theme, but say it failed to clone the git repo, though it required messing with the plugin string, and i haven't been able to reproduce it.

[dpetka2001]

There is no Require in Lua, only require.

[HappyYoyo09]

i looked it up, and found out you can fix the error message by commenting out the { import = "plugins" } line, but the plugins still don't load.

[dpetka2001]

Do you have a ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ directory with files in it that have plugin specs? That's what the error No specs found for module "plugins" means.

[HappyYoyo09]

my folder structure is this

nvim
    init.lua
    lazy-lock.json
    lua
        config
            lazy.lua

nvim is in .config
I re-installed the plugin, and it seems to be working, it claimed that it failed to clone into the .local directory, though it seems to have succeeded barring a leftover .cloning file, and loading another nvim instance loads the plugin fine. as for the directory you referred to, it's nowhere to be found. is there a difference between where themes and plugins are stored?

[dpetka2001]

Then why did you have { import = "plugins" }? That import is supposed to load specs from lua.plugins module, which in your case it just doesn't exist. Please read the lazy.nvim docs again. You seem to misunderstand quite a few things and don't know what the things you put in your config are actually doing. Especially this part.

[HappyYoyo09]

I was just copy-pasting the scripts that they gave in the installation section, when i saw the comment for importing plugins I assumed that's where i would paste the strings for plugins, and didn't look any further, which I now realise was a huge mistake, i assumed that the { import = "plugins" } string was for either

• making sure the table is never empty for some reason
• as an example
  no idea why i didn't question either of those ideas, given neither really makes sense

I've now read the documentation you linked to, and I'm still confused on how you're supposed to install plugins using that method, what are you supposed to call and include in the files?

my new file structure looks like this

nvim
    init.lua
    lazy-lock.json
    lua
        config
            lazy.lua
        plugins
            init.lua

the new init.lua file contains

return {
  "folke/neodev.nvim",
  "folke/which-key.nvim",
  { "folke/neoconf.nvim", cmd = "Neoconf" },
}

to my understanding, this will load any plugins in the plugins directory, though I'm not sure how it does that, nor what to put in the directory,

[HappyYoyo09]

i just found the starter, and I think i'm going to back this up in a directory somewhere, delete this, and use the starter to be able to find my way around. maybe after that i'll come back to this once i understand a bit more.

[HappyYoyo09]

the starter template is great, i honestly should have used it from the beginning, even without the plugins it adds, just the example.lua file in the plugins directory can set you on the right path.

[cp200513]

hey i need help with the astrovim , the fonts are all installed and they are shown properly if i copy and paste but the files are still shown as [F] in the explorer , the filetype is getting recognised when i checked with :filetype command but the folder icon is visible in the explorer but not the file types