Kickstart fail to initialize after fork with neovim 0.11.5

[Dzubrul]

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Describe the bug

Kickstart fails to install itself after being forked and installed in ~/.config/nvim/ with this error message:

E5113: Error while calling lua chunk: vim/_init_packages.lua:0: module 'vim.diagnostic' not found:
        no field package.preload['vim.diagnostic']
        no file './vim/diagnostic.lua'
        no file '/home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/luajit-2.1/vim/diagnostic.lua'
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic.lua'
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic/init.lua'
        no file '/home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic.lua'
        no file '/home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic/init.lua'
        no file './vim/diagnostic.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic.so'
        no file '/home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/lib/lua/5.1/vim/diagnostic.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
        no file './vim.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/vim.so'
        no file '/home/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/lib/lua/5.1/vim.so'
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function 'require'
        vim/_init_packages.lua: in function '__index'
        /home/fred/.config/nvim/init.lua:177: in main chunk
E484: Can't open file /usr/local/share/nvim/syntax/syntax.vim

To Reproduce

1. sudo apt install nvim
2. fork and clone the kickstart repo in ~/.config/nvim/
3. launch nvim and see it crash on startup with the above error message.

Desktop

• OS: Linux Mint 22.1
• Terminal: bash

Neovim Version

NVIM v0.11.5
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1741730670
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[guru245]

I think something is wrong with your NVIM v0.11.5. Have you recently updated it to 0.11.5? Have you copied the correct runtime file after installing neovim?

I found a link that describes a similar issue in Stack Overflow. Check this out. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76449235/error-while-calling-lua-chunk-vim-init-packages-lua0-module-vim-version-no

[Dzubrul]

@guru245 Thanks for the link but that didn't worked.

[guru245]

Why don't you try to reinstall nvim? Please refer to my build instructions.

sudo apt install ninja-build gettext cmake unzip curl build-essential
cd ~/.local/src
git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim
cd neovim
git checkout tags/v0.11.5
make distclean <- if necessary
make deps <- if necessary
make CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${HOME}/.local" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
rm -rf $VIMRUNTIME <- Mostly ~/.local/share/nvim/runtime
make install
pip3 install pynvim