Issues with Neovim Plugins in AppVM

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1

I migrated my Neovim-Lua-configuration with packer as a plugin-manager to a Fedora-38 AppVM into ~/.config/nvim/ (on my archlinux machine it works perfect).

Any time I close and reopen Neovim, the updated plugins are lost and I have to :source and :PackSync again.

How to keep the updated plugins permanent? Am I in the wrong directory?

2

iirc, packer stores the modules somewhere in ~/.local/share and then they’ll be some other pieces from neovim in ~/.cache/nvim. That sounds rather odd to me, since your home directory shouldn’t go away unless you’re using a disposable VM. Can you track and see where the files are going in ~/.local/share and see what’s happening there?

3

No, I don’t use a disposable VM. And the configuration-file itself do not disappear. I just have to :source anytime again and update packer, when I reopen the AppVM.

The files are going inte /home/user/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim/

There I find Dockerfile, LICENSE Makefile README.md doc lua selene.toml stylua.toml tests vim.toml

In ~/.cache there is no nvim.

Might it be propably a problem with migrating from ArchLinux to fedora-38?

4

When I reopen nvim, following Error occurs:

Error detected while processing /home/user/lconfig/nvim/init.lua:
E5113: Error while calling lua chunk: /home/user/.config/nvim/lua/packer.lua:14: loop or previous error loading modle ‘packer’

The I source and Resync Packer again and then the Error disappears. But when I restart the App the Error occurs again.

5

That sounds like a neovim configuration issue and not a Qubes-specific problem. Strange that the same config would work on Arch. I switched to lazy, so it’s been awhile since I’ve used packer. What’s your packer.lua look like?

6

Oh, sorry, so I am in the wrong forum!

But it is already a big help to know, that it is not a qubesos issue…

If I am still allowed I post the packer.lua:

local ensure_packer = function()
local fn = vim.fn
local install_path = fn.stdpath(‘data’)…‘/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim’
if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
fn.system({‘git’, ‘clone’, ‘–depth’, ‘1’, ‘GitHub - wbthomason/packer.nvim: A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config’, install_path})
vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
return true
end
return false
end

local packer_bootstrap = ensure_packer()

return require(‘packer’).startup(function(use)
– Packer can manage itself
use ‘wbthomason/packer.nvim’

use {
‘nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim’, tag = ‘0.1.2’,
– or , branch = ‘0.1.x’,
requires = { {‘nvim-lua/plenary.nvim’} }
}

use({
‘rose-pine/neovim’,
as = ‘rose-pine’,
config = function()
vim.cmd(‘colorscheme rose-pine’)
end
})

use {
‘nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim’,
requires = { ‘nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons’, opt = true }
}

use {
“windwp/nvim-autopairs”,
wants = “nvim-treesitter”,
module = { “nvim-autopairs.completion.cmp”, “nvim-autopairs” },
config = function()
require(“config.autopairs”).setup()
end,
}

use({
“L3MON4D3/LuaSnip”,
– follow latest release.
tag = “v2.*”, – Replace by the latest released major (first number of latest release)
– install jsregexp (optional!:).
run = “make install_jsregexp”
})

use (‘mg979/vim-visual-multi’)
use (‘folke/zen-mode.nvim’)
use (‘folke/twilight.nvim’)

use (‘nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter’, {run = ‘:TSUpdate’})
use (‘nvim-treesitter/playground’)
use (‘theprimeagen/harpoon’)
use (‘mbbill/undotree’)

use {
“nvim-neorg/neorg”,
config = function()
require(‘neorg’).setup {
load = {
[“core.defaults”] = {},
[“core.concealer”] = {},
[“core.autocommands”] = {},
[“core.qol.toc”] = {
config = {
close_after_use = true
},
},
[“core.integrations.treesitter”] = {},
[“core.completion”] = {
config = {
engine = “nvim-cmp”
},
},
[“core.export”] = {},
[“core.dirman”] = {
config = {
workspaces = {
latex = “~/Notizen/latex”,
notizen = “~/Notizen”,
jyotish = “~/Notizen/jyotish”,
linux = “~/Notizen/linux”,
neovim = “~/Notizen/neovim”,
},
default_workspace = “notizen”,
},
},
},
}
end,
run = “:Neorg sync-parsers”,
requires = “nvim-lua/plenary.nvim”,
}

use {
‘VonHeikemen/lsp-zero.nvim’,
requires = {
– LSP Support
{‘neovim/nvim-lspconfig’}, – Required
{‘williamboman/mason.nvim’},
{‘williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim’},

  -- Autocompletion
  {'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp'},
  {'hrsh7th/cmp-buffer'},
  {'hrsh7th/cmp-cmdline'},
  {'hrsh7th/cmp-path'},
  {'saadparwaiz1/cmp_luasnip'},
  {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp'},
  {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lua'},

  -- Snippets
  {'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip'},     -- Required
--  {'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets'}

}
}

use {
‘nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua’,
requires = {
‘nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons’ – optional
}
,}
if packer_bootstrap then
require(‘packer’).sync()
end
end)

7

The code looks fine. I’m guessing it’s due to your file being called packer.lua. Can you change the name to something else and see if that solves it?

8

No, it is still not working.

But thank you anyway. I am already happy to know, that it is not a qubes issue. So because it is off-topic, I will close this tread and will go on with trying.

9

Very embarassing: I did the git clone of my config files with root permission. That was the reason why it was not working… So I repeated it as a user and now it works perfect…

Learning from mistakes…

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